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Mop up

noun

A concluding action. Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, windup.

verb

To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop. Synonyms: mop, wipe up. "He mopped her forehead with a towel"

Defeat thoroughly. Synonyms: pip, rack up, whip, worst.

Finish a task completely. Synonyms: clear up, finish off, finish up, get through, polish off, wrap up.

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... men get some water and mop up this blood. How many times have I told you to quit mauling the prisoners? D'ye think I'm in this business to provide amusement for you? Henceforth keep out ...

— In the Orbit of Saturn • Roman Frederick Starzl

... about its business. The engines had disappeared from the little street with exultant shrieks; in the morning the insurance companies would send their workmen to sweep out the extinct volcano, and mop up the shrunken deluge, preparatory to ascertaining the extent of the damage done; in the meantime the police kept the boys and loafers out of the building, and the order that begins to establish itself as soon as chaos is confessed took possession of ...

— The Minister's Charge • William D. Howells

... snapped, "have your men get some water and mop up this blood. How many times have I told you to quit mauling the prisoners? D'ye think I'm in this business to provide amusement for you? Henceforth keep out ...

— In the Orbit of Saturn • Roman Frederick Starzl