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mop up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mop up has 1 sense
- mop up(n = noun.act) closing, completion, culmination, windup - a concluding action; Array has particulars: consummation, consummation, finish, finishing, finalisation, finalization, follow-through, follow-through, graduation
is a kind of conclusion, ending, termination
Derived form verb mop up3
Verb mop up has 3 senses
- mop up(v = verb.contact) mop, wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" is one way to absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up
- mop up(v = verb.competition) pip, rack up, whip, worst - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
- mop up(v = verb.change) clear up, finish off, finish up, get through, polish off, wrap up - finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" is one way to complete, finish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to mop up his opponent
Derived form noun mop up1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
mop up
baptize, bath, bathe, beat, button up, cap, carry to completion, clean up, climax, clobber, close out, close up, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, douche, drub, dust, end, finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, flush, flush out, gargle, get done, get it over, get through, get through with, holystone, irrigate, lambaste, larrup, lather, launder, lave, lick, mop, overwhelm, perfect, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, round out, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shellac, shower, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe, terminate, toivel, top off, top out, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, wind up, wrap up
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