Leave
Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.
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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His hapless colleagues never seem to learn that they ignore his advice at their peril, and often leave him to mop up the ensuing hurricanes of piss.
Source: Series / The Thick of It
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