| VERB | contact | mop up, wipe up, mop | to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop |
|---|---|---|---|
| competition | mop up, worst, pip, whip, rack up | defeat thoroughly | |
| change | mop up, get through, wrap up, finish off, polish off, clear up, finish up | finish a task completely | |
| NOUN | act | mop up, completion, culmination, closing, windup | a concluding action |
| Meaning | A concluding action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | completion, culmination, closing, windup | |
| Narrower | consummation | The act of bringing to completion or fruition |
| consummation | The completion of marriage by sexual intercourse | |
| finalization, finalisation | The act of finalizing | |
| finish, finishing | The act of finishing | |
| follow-through | carrying some project or intention to full completion | |
| follow-through | The act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion | |
| graduation | The successful completion of a program of study | |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion | The act of ending something |
| Spanish | conclusión, culminación, finalización | |
| Catalan | acabament, conclusió, culminació, finalització | |
| Verbs | mop up | finish a task completely |
| Meaning | To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | wipe up, mop | |
| Narrower | sponge | soak up with a sponge |
| swab, swob | wash with a swab or a mop | |
| Broader | absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up | take in, also metaphorically |
| Spanish | enjugar, fregar, trapear | |
| Catalan | assecar, eixugar | |
| Meaning | defeat thoroughly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to mop up his opponent | |
| Synonyms | worst, pip, whip, rack up | |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | acabar con, arrasar, azotar, derrotar, despepitar, destruir, hacer papilla, vencer | |
| Catalan | arrasar, espinyolar, fer pols | |
| Meaning | Finish a task completely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | get through, wrap up, finish off, polish off, clear up, finish up | |
| Narrower | cap off | Finish or complete, as with some decisive action / action |
| Broader | complete, finish | Come or bring to a finish or an end / end |
| Spanish | acabar con, rematar, terminar | |
| Catalan | acabar, rematar | |
| Nouns | mop up | a concluding action |
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