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Mop Up

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Noun

1. closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup

a concluding action

Verb

2. mop, mop up, wipe up

to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

Example Sentences:
'Mop the hallway now'
'He mopped her forehead with a towel'

3. mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst

defeat thoroughly

Example Sentences:
'He mopped up the floor with his opponents'

4. clear up, finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up

finish a task completely

Example Sentences:
'I finally got through this homework assignment'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mop Up

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to clean with a mop
2. informal
to complete (a task, etc)
3. military
to clear (remaining enemy forces) after a battle, as by killing, taking prisoner, etc
noun mop-up
4. 
the act or an instance of mopping up
5. 
an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc
The initial mop-up had revealed the storm may have had more bark than bite.
noun
an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc
The initial mop-up had revealed the storm may have had more bark than bite.

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Mop Up

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1.  Informal
a. 
to bring to an end; finish
b. 
to defeat completely
2.  Military
to clear out or round up isolated or scattered remnants of beaten enemy forces from (a town, battle area, etc.)
3. 
to finish a task
noun
a clearing out or rounding up of scattered remnants of beaten enemy forces in an area

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mop Up

see synonyms of mop up
n.
The act or an instance of mopping up; a concluding operation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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