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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
mop up
a concluding action
• Syn:
completion, culmination, closing, windup
• Derivationally related forms:
wind up (for: windup), close (for: closing), culminate (for: culmination), complete (for: completion)
• Hypernyms:
termination, ending, conclusion
• Hyponyms:
consummation, finish, finishing, finalization, finalisation,
follow-through, graduation
1. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (Freq. 2)
- Mop the hallway now
- He mopped her forehead with a towel
• Syn:
wipe up, mop
• Derivationally related forms:
mop (for: mop), mopper (for: mop), mopping (for: mop)
• Hypernyms:
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up,
suck up, draw, take in, take up
• Hyponyms:
swab, swob, sponge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. defeat thoroughly
- He mopped up the floor with his opponents
• Syn:
worst, pip, whip, rack up
• Derivationally related forms:
whipping (for: whip)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to mop up his opponent
3. finish a task completely
- I finally got through this homework assignment
• Syn:
get through, wrap up, finish off, polish off, clear up, finish up
• Hypernyms:
complete, finish
• Hyponyms:
cap off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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