mop up
verbeEn français : arranger les choses, faire le ménage
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device. · Please mop up the spilled milk.
- To fix problems; to correct or repair. · After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up.
- To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To win a competition decisively.
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