- completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up - a concluding action
--1 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--1 has particulars:consummation; consummation; finish, finishing; finalization, finalisation; follow-through; follow-through; graduation Derived form: verb mop up3
- wipe up, mop up, mop - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"
--1 is one way to absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
--2 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to mop up his opponent
- get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up - finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
--3 is one way to complete, finish
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun mop up1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something