Usually means: Cleaning remaining elements after event.
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  1. mop-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. mop-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. mop-up, mop-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mop-up: Wordnik
  5. mop-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. mop-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. mop-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. mop-up: Dictionary.com
  9. mop-up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. mop-up: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  (informal, often attributive) An instance of mopping up; a cleaning or finishing off.

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