suck the mop (English, verb)
expansion: suck the mop (third-person singular simple present sucks the mop, present participle sucking the mop, simple past and past participle sucked the mop)
Senses:
glosses: To be left in a disadvantageous position.
tags: idiomatic
slang
glosses: Of a bus: to be deliberately boxed in by another so as to lose the opportunity to pick up passengers.
tags: UK
idiomatic
obsolete
slang
Forms:
form: sucks the mop
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sucking the mop
tags: participle
present
form: sucked the mop
tags: participle
past
form: sucked the mop
tags: past