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Can Blackholes absorb matter larger than itself?

Was having this debate with a friend and he said that blackholes cannot absorb anything larger than themselves. Personally I felt like he was wrong since not even light can escape from one. I would appreciate an answer, thanks!

EDIT- Thanks for all your amazing answers. I tried to respectfully explain to my friend how he's wrong but he wouldn't have it. I said please provide a source that proves that "blackholes can only absorb things smaller than themselves" and he simply said, The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephan Hawking.

I have decided to avoid getting into debates with this friend again because he's always right. Even topics he knows nothing about he's seemingly an expert. When trying to tell him how he's "wrong" he laughed, smirked and said that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Anyways short rant over but thanks for the great answers guys.
gpt
Any matter that crosses the event horizon becomes part of the black hole.  This can cause a black hole to grow to well more than double its initial mass.  The enormous black holes at the centers of galaxies did not start out that big.