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mopping up 

The process of completely cleaning up one's plate or bowl with bread after finishing a meal. Commonly associated with a Northern English roast dinner sopping in gravy, typically leaving a soup-like substance comprising of all elements of the roast.

Processes involve breaking parts off to wipe the plate, or immersing a whole slice in the pond of gravy to soak up before finishing it off with a knife a fork. One for the posh kids.
'Ere mum give me that plate - I'll do the mopping up, you have a lie down.
mopping up by Rich Lyons May 27, 2008
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mopping up 

The process of completely cleaning up one's plate or bowl with bread after finishing a meal. Commonly associated with a Northern English roast dinner sopping in gravy, typically leaving a soup-like substance comprising of all elements of the roast.

Processes involve breaking parts off to wipe the plate, or immersing a whole slice in the pond of gravy to soak up before finishing it off with a knife a fork. One for the posh kids.
"'Ere mum give me that plate - I'll do the mopping up, you have a lie down."
mopping up by Rich Lyons May 28, 2008

Are you mopping up the soup I'm spilling? 

A question raised by someone who is asking if a significant other understands what they are saying- similar to "You picking up what I'm putting down?"
Bobby: "And that is why Ana rejected you. Are you mopping up the soup I'm spilling?"

Adam: "Yah, I think so."

Mopping it up 

When you SMASH the white ball into your colour ball in a game of pool with no aim, accuracy or clue where the white ball or coloured balls are going to end up and you either snooker the other player or pot your ball
OMG you should of seen mop mopping it up on the pool table last night.
Mopping it up by MrSmallPants October 5, 2016

Moppin Up 

Waiting until the end of the night to pull whatever girls are left. Usually by this point they all look like freddie Kruger or have a body weight equivalent to that of a small elephant. The art of clearing up all the left overs as you would with a dinner plate after a meal.
"Yo Alex, u pulled yet"?....."nah im gunna wait till the end n mop up"........................."guys check this out matts moppin up that horror show on the dance flooor"......"get in there Top Mopper"!!
Moppin Up by J to the R.O.C October 21, 2010

Moppin' It Up 

The act of flirting, laughing, courting, or sexual intercourse. However, it can be used in other ways, e.g. Drinking large quantities of alcohol, Winning consecutive intramural sports championships, and of course slamming out the phat puss.
Tom was moppin' it up last Tuesday. Did you see all those Beezys all over his shit.
Moppin' It Up by Adam Klein July 30, 2007
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He is high school liquid, he ate lunch with the nerds and hung out with the jocks after school.
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I hit a real purple patch.

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