Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Mop up
Mop up verb - To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop.
Both terms in one sentence
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This is how you can usually mop up the opposition, and makes up the majority of the Limit Break attacks.
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You can, and are encouraged to, flatten any and all signs of the enemy before taking your tanks to mop up effortlessly.
Source: A Taste of Power -
There's also Melanie having to strip naked so her nightgown can be used to mop up the blood of the dead soldier.
Source: Film / Gone with the Wind
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