mop up the ice

present singular third person mops up the ice · participle present mopping up the ice · participle past mopped up the ice · past mopped up the ice

1. figure skatingTo fall many times during a performance.

   There are LaBrecque and Bussey mopping up the ice in the usual pratfalls and assorted other spills.

   2014 May 9, Lewis Funke, “25th Ice Capades: A Captivating Affair”, in The New York Times

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   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

   At last year's Canadian championships, she KO'd her long-held Olympic dream when she mopped up the ice in her short program.

   2007 January 19, Randy Starkman, “Hawker's a scrapper dressed up in sequins”, in Toronto Star