vacuuming up

Sucking up debris

Vacuuming up is using a vacuum cleaner to remove something: Can you vacuum up those crumbs?

By extension, it means consuming or acquiring rapidly and indiscriminately: The company vacuumed up smaller competitors.

He vacuumed up everything on his plate.

Related

aggregation · lint · pet hair · sand · crumbs · loose change · dirt · harvesting · hair · assimilation · nozzle · extraction · filtration system · deep cleaning · hoarding · sucking up · sucking in · compilation

Opposites
cleaning method

vacuuming upsweeping

Extensive and far-reaching

mopping · dusting · hand-picking · scrubbing · wiping

direction/action

vacuuming upblowing out

Exhaling to extinguish

dispersing · scattering · expelling · spraying · ejecting

cleanliness effect

vacuuming upstrewing

Spreading by tossing

spilling · dumping · littering · making a mess · dirtying

Family

vacuum, vacuuming, vacuumed, vacuums, vacuous, vacuity, vacate, vacant, vacancy

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G