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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up] v
1: to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: wipe up, mop up, mop]
2: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up]
3: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" [syn: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: circa 1811 transitive verb 1. British to consume eagerly 2. to gather as if by absorbing; also garner <mopped up all the awards> 3. to overcome decisively ; trounce 4. to clear (an area) of remaining pockets of resistance in the wake of a military offensive intransitive verb to complete a project, transaction, or task

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you mop up a liquid, you clean it with a cloth so that the liquid is absorbed. A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could... When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up... Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V P 2. If you mop up something that you think is undesirable or dangerous, you remove it or deal with it so that it is no longer a problem. The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

Moby Thesaurus

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