Synonyms for lapping
lap·ping

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1. imbrication, overlapping, lappingnoun

   covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

   Synonyms:
   overlapping, imbrication

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1. • Covering

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1. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

   Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door.

2. Mandi Merritt:

   The RNC and the Trump Campaign are lapping the Democrats on every front - organizing, fundraising, volunteer training, registering voters, and more, thanks to our permanent data-driven ground game, Trump Victory has never left the key states that will be crucial to delivering President Trump another victory in 2020, and this will make all the difference come Election Day.

3. Ronald Reagan:

   If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.

4. David Miliband:

   Our perspective is that this a global challenge, and all rich countries should be playing their part both in helping the victims and in trying to support political and diplomat efforts to tackle the problem at source, the fact that people are literally lapping up on the shores of Europe tells you that sticking your head in the sand is certainly not moral but it is not wise either.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   War is the true Nature of the world, a dog with matted fur lapping eagerly at the bloody Nile, wagging its threadbare tail the entire time.