Welcome to Phrases.com!
Phrases.com is a vast compilation of popular phrases, informal expressions, and idioms that have been collectively assembled by our community of contributing editors.
Enhance your English language and writing proficiency by browsing through our all-encompassing phrase dictionary in alphabetical order, or by effortlessly searching through keywords.
To clean with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess.
- 0 Views
“
Please mop up the spilled milk.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
More phrases:
- pay for
- put down to
- steer clear
- stick up
- take away
- at full tilt
- by hook or by crook
- cloud nine
- common-or-garden
- dark horse
- dyed-in-the-wool
- fear
- fish or cut bait
- flesh out
- fly off the handle
- for goodness' sake
- get by the balls
- give in
- give over
- hand in hand
- hang out one's shingle
- have a flat
- home stretch
- hustle and bustle
- in layman's terms
- in line
- keep an eye on
- keep your hair on
- kick ass
- long row to hoe
- lower the boom
- lump in one's throat
- nail biter
- no biggie
- not in kansas anymore
- odds and ends
- on board
- out of house and home
- own up
- pardon my french
- play old harry
- pound sand
- pull one's weight
- push the envelope
- rain cheque
- raise a stink
- rough around the edges
- rule of thumb
- shape up
- shot in the arm
- shotgun
- smart off
- smash hit
- soft sawder
- spanner
- spic and span
- square meal
- stroke of work
- suck it up
- take a spin
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 May 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/>.
Discuss everything about the Phrases.com website with our community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In