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  1. tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square awayverb

    put (things or places) in order

    "Tidy up your room!"

    Synonyms:
    shed light on, put right, disentangle, enlighten, unbend, crystalize, see the light, crystalise, elucidate, tidy up, crystallize, iron out, groom, square away, clear, straighten, reform, crystallise, straighten out, roll out, sort out, illuminate, unsnarl, neaten, clear up, tidy

  2. clean upverb

    make a big profit; often in a short period of time

    "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"

    Synonyms:
    neaten, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, tidy, square away

  3. clean upverb

    dispose of

    "settle the bills"

    Synonyms:
    neaten, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, tidy, square away

  4. clean upverb

    make oneself clean, presentable or neat

    "Clean up before you go to the party"

    Synonyms:
    neaten, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, tidy, square away

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How to use clean up in a sentence?

  1. Hakeem Jeffries:

    It’s now the responsibility of House Republicans to do something about it, clean up your house. And you can start with George Santos.

  2. William Hanna:

    The government has to not just address it but deal with it, identify the ghost workers, take sanctions against those who are responsible, remove those names from the list, clean up the database and stop these leakages.

  3. Penn State coach James Franklin:

    THE TAKEAWAY Penn State : The mistakes proved costly. Penn State coach James Franklin will be on major clean-up duty this week after seeing three red-zone possessions end without points, three missed field goals, two interceptions, one lost fumble, a muffed punt and a fumbled kickoff return in addition to Fords late TD run and the late defensive breakdowns. Indiana : This victory is a huge step for the program. Allen know the Hoosiers need to start beating ranked teams more consistently, and this one came on a day the defense played reasonably well and the offense managed only 221 yards 19:35 of possession time. POLL IMPLICATIONS Penn State will slip in the Top 25, perhaps precipitously. The defense played well but broke down late while the offense and special teams werent anywhere near championship caliber. Its turnovers and penalties.

  4. Fabio Trad:

    Bolsonaro was elected to clean up the system, and to our surprise, he is now dealing with parties whose leaders have been caught in corruption investigations.

  5. Lindsey Graham:

    If I hear one more time that we're going to send the Kurds to go clean up the whole world, that's just ridiculous. The Kurdish military is not an expeditionary force.


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