mop up
mop
mɑ:p
maap
up
ƌp
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/mˈɒp ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "mop up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to remove or absorb liquid from the ground floor, often using a sponge, cloth, or absorbent material
to mop up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While cooking, they are constantly mopping up spills to keep the kitchen clean.
āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to complete or conclude a task by addressing the final details or remaining elements
to mop up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tomorrow, I will mop up the last-minute preparations for the event.
āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
03

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to deal with and eliminate the last few people who resist or oppose one
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While we were celebrating the victory, they were mopping up the remaining rebels.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āϜāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻšā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϟāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to utilize the remaining portion of a resource
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They need to mop up what's left of the inventory before the end of the month.
āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āχāύāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϰāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāϕ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to incorporate or absorb smaller entities, such as companies, into a larger entity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last year, the industry leader mopped up several startups to diversify its services.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāφāĻĒ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ

a concluding action
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