lap sth up

— Phrasal Verb with lap

/læp/ verb (present participle lapping, past tense and past participle lapped)

Definition

informal

› to enjoy something very much: He loved all the attention - he was lapping it up!

(Definition of lap sth up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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