broom up

Verb

 * 1)  To sweep up (a mess) thoroughly with a broom.
 * The janitor broomed up the shards of glass.
 * 1)  To strike (a length of wood) repeatedly such that the top of it becomes frayed and worn.
 * Most of the fence-posts had been broomed up so badly they weren't usable.
 * 1)  To show signs of a witch’s broom (mistletoe) infection; to have the witch's broom infection spread and worsen.
 * I knew the yew tree was done for when the infection broomed up its branches.