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lap up

verb
  1. To consume by lapping; to drink (something) quickly. (transitive) · The cat's lapping up the milk in its bowl
  2. To revel in, to overtly enjoy. (figuratively, transitive) · You could see she was pleased, she was lapping up the applause.
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