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mop-up

[mop-uhp]

mop-up

[mop-uhp]
noun
the act, process, or an instance of mopping up; completion of an operation or action.

Origin:
1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase mop up
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Mop-up is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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