mop sth up betydelse and definition

Betydelse av mop sth up på svenska

• 0 to use a piece of cloth or a mop to remove liquid from the surface of something:

  • There's milk on the floor over there - could you get a cloth and mop it up?

• 1 to finish dealing with something:

  • It took a week to mop up the last of the enemy soldiers (= defeat them).