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mopping up
verb as in whip
verb as in consummate
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verb as in finish
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There was some mopping up to do, particularly to convince waverers in the Jewish community.
You go to the source, there is no point mopping up until you have fixed the actual leak.
President Obama could start mopping up this hot mess by causing some heads to roll in his Chicago campaign headquarters.
Typical Post-y puns decried how custodians were “mopping up” and “cleaning us out.”
The advertising department had been closed, and on the floor above, scrub women were busy mopping up.
Then he saw the helper busily mopping up the reeking mass of chemicals.
The world is small, as you say, but just at this moment infernally busy mopping up.
"Then we'd better be shackin' erlong," said Mormon, mopping up gravy with half a biscuit.
On arrival there, the "mopping up" party is found still at work, but it soon completes its grim task.
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On this page you'll find 170 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mop up, such as: polish off, terminate, accomplish, can, clinch, and close.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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