noun
a concluding action
• Syn: ↑completion, ↑culmination, ↑closing, ↑windup
• Derivationally related forms: ↑wind up (for: ↑windup), ↑close (for: ↑closing), ↑culminate (for: ↑culmination), ↑complete (for: ↑completion)
• Hypernyms: ↑termination, ↑ending, ↑conclusion
• Hyponyms:
verb
1. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (Freq. 2)
-
Mop the hallway now
-
He mopped her forehead with a towel
• Hypernyms:
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s something
2. defeat thoroughly
-
He mopped up the floor with his opponents
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s something
-
Somebody ——s somebody
-
The fighter managed to mop up his opponent
3. finish a task completely
-
I finally got through this homework assignment
• Syn: ↑get through, ↑wrap up, ↑finish off, ↑polish off, ↑clear up, ↑finish up
• Hyponyms: ↑cap off
• Verb Frames:
-
Somebody ——s something
-
Something ——s something
* * *
informal finish a task
* * *
mop up [phrasal verb]
1 mop (something) up or mop up (something) : to remove (a liquid) from a surface by using a mop, towel, etc.
It will only take a moment to mop up the spill.
She used the thick bread to mop up the last of her soup.
— sometimes used figuratively
The movie mopped up all the awards.
2 mop up or mop (something) up or mop up (something) informal : to do the final things that are needed to complete a job or task
I'm almost done with the project. I just need a little more time to mop up.
Just let me mop up [=finish] a few things and I'll be done.
The battle has been won. The focus is now on mopping up small pockets of resistance.
— see also ↑mop-up
• • •
Main Entry: ↑mop
Useful english dictionary. 2012.