Meaning Of The Word Mop up
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Mop up Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Mop up?
mop up
phrasal verb: If you mop up a liquid, you clean it with a cloth so that the liquid is absorbed. mop up in American English to bring to an end; finish to clear (ground, trenches, towns, etc.) of scattered or remaining enemy combatants after attacking forces have conquered the area mop up in British English to clean with a mop noun: the act or an instance of mopping up mop-up in American English a clearing out or rounding up of scattered remnants of beaten enemy forces in an area noun: the act, process, or an instance of mopping up; completion of an operation or action mop-up in British English noun: an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc |
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