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Discover LudwigThe phrase "mop up" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in the context of cleaning up liquid or other mess, or figuratively to mean "take care of" or "tidy up" any loose ends. For example: "We mopped up the spilled coffee, then mopped up the remaining details."
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mop up
verb
To clean up with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess.
Exact(40)
good bread to mop up the juices.
I'll mop up when this is done.
Hiring subsidies may help mop up cyclical unemployment.
Fortunately China is helping to mop up the glut.
This divergence allows the strong to mop up the weak.
They mop up much of the daily agony of waiting.
Similar(20)
"Mop-up operations.
It's like, mop-up".
Davis: fan favorite in mop-up duty.
This mop-up service is free for the companies.
He made his comments on a mop-up day.
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