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Mop up

verb, slang

Noun

Verb

1
To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
"Please mop up the spilled milk."
2
finish a task completely wordnet
3
To fix problems; to correct or repair. informal
"After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up."
4
defeat thoroughly wordnet
5
To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them. transitive
"He mopped up the sauce with the bread and scarfed it down like he had been raised by wolves."

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6
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop wordnet
7
To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
"The function of the weak acid component of a buffer is to act as a source of H⁺ ions which can mop up any added OH⁻: HA + OH⁻ → A⁻ + H₂O"
8
To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
"Crew members or leaders of a 20-person organized inter-agency hotshot suppression crew build firelines, conduct burnout operations, and mop up after the fire using chainsaws and hand tools such as Pulaskis and shovels."
9
To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
"They patch up, mop up, neaten up the halfcooked and unsatisfactory ideas they find lying around in their head."
10
To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
"No good trying to charge with them. They'd just squeal and bolt, and there are more than enough of these filthy horse-boys to mop up our lot on the flat."
11
To win a competition decisively.
"John Willment, a Ford distributor in Middlesex, imported a Holman & Moody-prepared Galaxie and – you may recall – let it loose among the 3.8 Jaguar racing contingent. WHAM! It mopped up everything in sight."
12
To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.

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