Usually means: Clean or remove the remainder.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word mop up:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. mop-up, mop up: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. mop-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. mop-up, mop-up, mop up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mop up: Vocabulary.com
  5. mop-up: Wordnik
  6. mop up: Wiktionary
  7. mop-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. mop-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. mop-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. mop-up, mop up: Dictionary.com
  11. mop up: Rhymezone
  12. mop up: Free Dictionary
  13. mop up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. mop-up, mop up: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mop up: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mop up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mop up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mop up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mop up)

verb:  To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
verb:  (informal) To fix problems; to correct or repair.
verb:  (transitive) To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
verb:  To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
verb:  To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
verb:  To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
verb:  To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
verb:  To win a competition decisively.
verb:  (baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.

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