mop up

mop up
noun
a concluding action
• Syn: ↑completion, ↑culmination, ↑closing, ↑windup
• Derivationally related forms: ↑wind up (for: ↑windup), ↑close (for: ↑closing), ↑culminate (for: ↑culmination), ↑complete (for: ↑completion)
• Hypernyms: ↑termination, ↑ending, ↑conclusion
• Hyponyms:
verb
1. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (Freq. 2)
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Mop the hallway now

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He mopped her forehead with a towel

• Syn: ↑wipe up, ↑mop
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mop (for: ↑mop), ↑mopper (for: ↑mop), ↑mopping (for: ↑mop)
• Hypernyms:
↑absorb, ↑suck, ↑imbibe, ↑soak up, ↑sop up, ↑suck up, ↑draw, ↑take in, ↑take up
• Hyponyms: ↑swab, ↑swob, ↑sponge
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. defeat thoroughly
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He mopped up the floor with his opponents

• Syn: ↑worst, ↑pip, ↑whip, ↑rack up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑whipping (for: ↑whip)
• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat out, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑trounce, ↑vanquish
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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The fighter managed to mop up his opponent

3. finish a task completely
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I finally got through this homework assignment

• Syn: ↑get through, ↑wrap up, ↑finish off, ↑polish off, ↑clear up, ↑finish up
• Hypernyms: ↑complete, ↑finish
• Hyponyms: ↑cap off
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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informal finish a task

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mop up [phrasal verb]
1 mop (something) up or mop up (something) : to remove (a liquid) from a surface by using a mop, towel, etc.

It will only take a moment to mop up the spill.

She used the thick bread to mop up the last of her soup.

— sometimes used figuratively

The movie mopped up all the awards.

2 mop up or mop (something) up or mop up (something) informal : to do the final things that are needed to complete a job or task

I'm almost done with the project. I just need a little more time to mop up.

Just let me mop up [=finish] a few things and I'll be done.

The battle has been won. The focus is now on mopping up small pockets of resistance.

— see also ↑mop-up
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Main Entry: ↑mop

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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