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soak (v.)
Old English
socian
(related to
sucan
"to suck"), from Proto-Germanic
*sukon
(cf. West Flemish
soken
), from PIE root
*seue-
"to take liquid" (see
sup
(2)). Slang meaning "to overcharge" first recorded 1895. Related:
Soaked
;
soaking
.
