mopping-up

[mop-ing-uhp]

mop·ping-up

[mop-ing-uhp]
adjective
1.
serving to complete or put the finishing touches to a phase of a particular action.
2.
serving to complete a military campaign by killing or capturing any remaining enemy troops: a mopping-up operation.

Origin:
1905–10; mop up + -ing1, used attributively
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Mopping-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 scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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