āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to mop up
[phrase form: mop]
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āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž, āĻļā§āĻāĻžāύā§
to remove or absorb liquid from the ground floor, often using a sponge, cloth, or absorbent material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While cooking, they are constantly mopping up spills to keep the kitchen clean.
āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻžāĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to complete or conclude a task by addressing the final details or remaining elements
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tomorrow, I will mop up the last-minute preparations for the event.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻļā§āώ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
03
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž
to deal with and eliminate the last few people who resist or oppose one
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While we were celebrating the victory, they were mopping up the remaining rebels.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻšā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻ āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž
to utilize the remaining portion of a resource
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They need to mop up what's left of the inventory before the end of the month.
āĻŽāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻļā§āώā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāύāĻā§āύā§āĻāϰāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
05
āĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to incorporate or absorb smaller entities, such as companies, into a larger entity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last year, the industry leader mopped up several startups to diversify its services.
āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻāϰ, āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ āύā§āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻ
āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Mop up
01
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ
a concluding action



























