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Mop up
To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
📖 Definitions of "Mop up"
verb
- 1
To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
"Please mop up the spilled milk."
- 2
To fix problems; to correct or repair.
"After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up."
- 3
To clear the leftovers of a dish, in order to eat them.
- 4
To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
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