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mop sth up
[ M ] FINISH
2. [ M ] informal to finish dealing with something
• It took a week to mop up the last of the enemy soldiers (= defeat them)., mop sth up
[ M ] CLEAN
1. to use a cloth or a mop to remove liquid from the surface of something
• There's milk on the floor over there - could you get a cloth and mop it up?
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