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mopping-up

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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 + -ing 1 , used attributively
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