to suck up

So far, American manufacturers have had to suck up most of the increase in the prices of their raw materials, with predictable consequences.

There wasn't a Hoover in the world big enough to suck up all that shit.

The world is in for a tough time if its second-largest economy continues to suck up so much demand.

Never use a vacuum to suck up water or to vacuum a wet animal.

If you want to suck up to you teacher, the first thing you should do is to have perfect attendance unless you have an excused absent.

You only know how to suck up to your boss to get a raise, you giant brown nose!

Globalisation allowed the US to suck up the savings of the rest of the world and consume more than it produced.

Officials say the thief cut a small hole in the store's window and then used a vacuum cleaner to suck up the goods.

The heavier bodied base of the machine often remains still while the long hose moves around to suck up dirt.

Which surgeon are we having to suck up to today?

I'd spend every spare minute following up on every single media request - I'd probably even hire a PR firm to suck up some more attention.

If we are willing to suck up to the organ grinder, it is hypocritical to keep the monkey in prison.

Another way would be growing algae in the ocean to suck up carbon dioxide.

The practice in most African and some Asian cities is for private lorries to suck up human waste and dump it in rivers.

Air elementals create whirlwinds to suck up their enemies and also blind them with dust storms.

Raising money has a mysterious capacity to suck up all your attention.

Some Little Englanders accuse the Chinese of seeking to suck up UK expertise and sell it back via low-priced products.

Asian carp were imported to the southern U. S. in the 1970s to suck up scum from catfish ponds.

The first thing I hate about Asians in America is how so many of them want to suck up to whites.

I have a holiday and so on, must be father and mother to Chongqing to suck up a!