All mopping up synonyms

verb mopping up

• achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
• make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• rout — a bellow.
• trounce — to beat severely; thrash.
• overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
• sign — a token; indication.
• can — You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
• compass — A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
• wrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
• finalize — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
• scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
• culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
• effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
• shutter — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
• fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• fulfill — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
• lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• hammer — Armand, 1898–1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
• best — Best is the superlative of good.
• lambaste — to beat or whip severely.
• wax — a fit of anger; rage.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• steamroller — a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
• worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
• wallop — to beat soundly; thrash.
• overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
• drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
• clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
• conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
• outdo — to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.