Wiktionary
vb. 1 To clean up with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess. 2 (context idiomatic English) To fix problems; to correct or repair.
WordNet
n. a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, closing, windup]
v. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: wipe up, mop]
defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, whip, rack up]
finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" [syn: get through, wrap up, finish off, polish off, clear up, finish up]
Usage examples of "mop up".
Daddy's mixing drinks-which we're giving them the hell away to make up for the poor service-and I just burned two orders of chicken because I had to go in there and mop up after that pea-brained Sissy dumped a plate of shrimp fettuccine Alfredo on Becky Fitzsimmons's lap.
I tore up the sheets, tossed one strip to Jason and Salla and had them mop up the blood on the floor, while I collected the wannabe eighth-grade gangstas and used the rest of the sheets, the aluminum foil, and the boot polish on them.
Cup in hand, she went into the great room to mop up the water she had left puddled on the floor the night before and straighten Price's clothing.
Give me two of them, and I'll take six pancakes to mop up the sauce.
Propping his mop up against the massive file cabinets, he searched for the pathology file on Patty Owen.
All we have to do is roll down the grenades and then go mop up whatever is left afterward.