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Sop Verb Participle Liquid Sop1 Sɒp Sɑːp Noun

Front sop
Back sop1 /sɒp $ sɑːp/ noun [countable usually singular]
something not very important or valuable that a government or someone in authority offers to people to stop them from complaining or protesting – used to show disapproval
sop to
The company agreed to inspect the river regularly, as a sop to the environmental lobby.

sop2 verb (past tense and past participle sopped, present participle sopping)
sop something ↔ up phrasal verb
to remove liquid from a surface by using a piece of cloth that takes the liquid into itself

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