"sponge up" meaning in English

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      "form": "sponges up",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sponging up",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sponged up",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sponged up",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I sponged up the juice spill.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To clean with a sponge"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To clean with a sponge"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The ground was so dry it sponged up all that rain.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To soak up, like a sponge"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To soak up, like a sponge"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You have to sponge up the roller with cold water.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To treat (something), such as to wetten, with a sponge."
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        "(transitive) To treat (something), such as to wetten, with a sponge."
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  "word": "sponge up"
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      "form": "sponges up",
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        "present",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sponging up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponged up",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sponged up",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "I sponged up the juice spill.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To clean with a sponge"
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        "(transitive) To clean with a sponge"
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      "glosses": [
        "To soak up, like a sponge"
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        "(transitive) To soak up, like a sponge"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
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        }
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        "To treat (something), such as to wetten, with a sponge."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To treat (something), such as to wetten, with a sponge."
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