mop up

éponger, essuyer

Enlever un liquide renversé avec un chiffon, une éponge ou une serpillière.

En anglais simple : To remove spilled liquid by using a cloth, sponge, or floor cleaning tool.

• Please mop up the milk.
• She mopped up the water with an old towel.
• Have you mopped up the spill in the kitchen?

Comment l'utiliser : mop something up (Please mop the water up before someone slips.)

Synonymes : wipe up, soak up

Expressions courantes : mop up water, mop up a spill

saucer

Ramasser avec du pain la sauce ou le jus restant dans l’assiette pour le manger.

En anglais simple : To use bread or similar food to collect liquid left on your plate and eat it.

• Use bread to mop up the sauce.
• He mopped up the last of the gravy with a roll.
• Would you like some bread to mop up those juices?

Comment l'utiliser : mop up something with something (I mopped up the sauce with bread.)

Synonymes : soak up

Expressions courantes : mop up sauce, mop up gravy

nettoyer, déblayer

Nettoyer et déblayer un lieu après une inondation, une tempête, un incendie ou des combats.

En anglais simple : To clear and clean a place after a flood, storm, fire, or fighting.

• Crews are mopping up after the flood.
• Soldiers mopped up the damaged area after the fighting.
• Volunteers arrived to mop up the ruined streets.

Comment l'utiliser : mop up after something (Residents helped mop up after the storm.)

Synonymes : clean up, clear up

Expressions courantes : mop up after floods, mop up the area

réparer les dégâts, remédier à

Régler les problèmes ou réparer les dégâts laissés par un incident.

En anglais simple : To deal with problems or harm left after something has gone wrong.

• We need to mop up these problems.
• She mopped up the mess left by the failed project.
• Who will mop up after their argument?

Synonymes : sort out, fix, put right

Expressions courantes : mop up problems, mop up the mess

absorber, résorber

Utiliser, acheter ou retirer ce qui reste ou ce qui existe en trop grande quantité.

En anglais simple : To use, buy, or remove something that is left over or exists in too large an amount.

• The sale mopped up our excess stock.
• Banks bought bonds to mop up surplus cash.
• Extra demand should mop up the remaining supply.

Synonymes : absorb, use up

Expressions courantes : mop up excess, mop up surplus funds

achever, finir

Terminer les petites tâches ou les dernières parties qui restent à faire.

En anglais simple : To complete the last small tasks or parts of something.

• We just need to mop up the last few tasks.
• She mopped up the remaining details before sending the report.
• Can you mop up these little jobs today?

Synonymes : finish off, complete

Expressions courantes : mop up remaining tasks, mop up the details