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mops up the ice

mops up the ice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mop up the ice.

Meaning of mop up the ice

Verb

mop up the ice (third-person singular simple present mops up the ice, present participle mopping up the ice, simple past and past participle mopped up the ice)

  1. (figure skating) To fall many times during a performance.
    • On the other hand, you may see a skater hit all his triples in practice, then he mops up the ice during the competition.1997, Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating, →ISBN, page 90

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Mops up the ice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mop up the ice.

Words near mops up the ice in the dictionary

  1. moprolol
  2. mops
  3. mops down
  4. mops the floor with someone
  5. mops up
  6. mops up the ice
  7. mopses
  8. mopsey
  9. mopseys
  10. mopsical
  11. mopsies

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