| VERB | contact | wipe up, mop up, mop | to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop |
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| Meaning | To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mop up, mop | |
| Narrower | sponge | soak up with a sponge |
| swab, swob | wash with a swab or a mop | |
| Broader | absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up | take in, also metaphorically |
| Catalan | assecar, eixugar | |