mop-up
1 of 2noun
ˈmäp-ˌəp 
often attributive
: a concluding action or phase
mop up
2 of 2verb
mopped up; mopping up; mops up
transitive verb
1
British : to consume eagerly
2
: to gather as if by absorbing
also : garner
mopped up all the awards
3
: to overcome decisively : trounce
4
: to clear (an area) of remaining pockets of resistance in the wake of a military offensive
intransitive verb
: to complete a project, transaction, or task
Synonyms
Noun
- capper
- close
- closing
- conclusion
- consummation
- end
- endgame
- ending
- finale
- finis
- finish
- grand finale
- homestretch
- windup
- wrap-up
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1900, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1811, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
mop-ups
noun
as in endings
the last part of a process or action the general announced that the remaining fighting would be only a mop-up to a war that was all but over Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- endings
- conclusions
- ends
- grand finales
- finales
- culminations
- closes
- homestretches
- finises
- closings
- finishes
- windups
- consummations
- climaxes
- copestones
- cappers
- endgames
- acmes
- pinnacles
- anticlimaxes
- tops
- tail ends
- tip-tops
- epilogs
- high-water marks
- crescendoes
- wrap-ups
- tag ends
- coups de grâce
- coups de grace
- crescendos
- peaks
- summits
- zeniths
- crowns
- capstones
- aftermaths
- postscripts
- apexes
- meridians
- codas
- epilogues
- crescendi
- apices
- shanks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- beginnings
- starts
- openings
- baselines
- day ones
- dawns
- nascencies
- nascences
- introductions
- prologs
- overtures
- prefaces
- preludes
- preambles
- prologues
- forewords