mop up

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
 * Please mop up the spilled milk.
 * 1) * April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightville
 * And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds
 * 1)  To fix problems; to correct or repair.
 * After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up.
 * 1)  To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
 * 2) To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
 * 3) To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
 * 4) To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
 * 5) To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
 * 6) To win a competition decisively.
 * 7)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
 * 2) To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
 * 3) To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
 * 4) To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
 * 5) To win a competition decisively.
 * 6)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
 * 2) To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
 * 3) To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
 * 4) To win a competition decisively.
 * 5)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
 * 2) To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
 * 3) To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
 * 4) To win a competition decisively.
 * 5)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
 * 2) To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
 * 3) To win a competition decisively.
 * 4)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
 * 2) To win a competition decisively.
 * 3)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To win a competition decisively.
 * 2)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To win a competition decisively.
 * 2)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1) To win a competition decisively.
 * 2)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
 * 1)  To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.

Translations

 * German:
 * Maori: opeope
 * Norman: êpongi
 * Russian:


 * French: arranger les choses,