Verb: mop up
- Finish a task completely
"The team mopped up the remaining work before the deadline";
- get through, wrap up [informal], finish off, polish off [informal], finish up
- Wipe to make clean or soak up liquid
"She mopped up the spilled coffee";
- wipe up, mop
- Defeat thoroughly
"He mopped up the floor with his opponents";
- worst, whip [informal], rack up
- A concluding action
"The team's closer came in for the mop up in the ninth inning";
- completion, culmination, closing, windup
Derived forms: mopping up, mopped up, mops up
Type of: absorb, beat, beat out, complete, conclusion, crush, draw, ending, finish, imbibe, shell [US], soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up, termination, trounce, vanquish