Mop Clean Spilled Sth Meaning Cloth Synonym Wipe

Meaning: to clean up something that has spilled by using a mop or a cloth

• mop sth up After one of my kids spilled her drink, a waiter came and mopped it up.
  
  
• mop up sth His assistant said mopping up spilt coffee was not one of her duties. She told him to do it himself.