clean up
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clean up
verb cleans up · cleaning up · cleaned up
- To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. Clean up your room.
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To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
He sure cleans up nice.
Similar: scrub up
- To make something less corrupt or unseemly. clean up one's act
- To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.
- To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner. The key here is to stop third partying and start cleaning up. Running to the first bullets you hear will only guarantee one thing, a fight. […] Cleaning up means only swooping in for the free kills. Is a fight over? Does Octane has his hands in a deathbox? That is when you take the zipline and catch
noun
- Misspelling of cleanup
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verb to make an area or a thing clean
| Español | limpiar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 掃除する sōji suru |
| Português | dar uma limpeza, limpar, fazer uma limpeza |
| Français | nettoyer |
| Deutsch | putzen |
| Italiano | ripulire |
| Ελληνικά | καθαρίζω katharízo |
| Русский | убира́ться ubirátʹsja, прибираться pribiratʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | quét dọn, quét tước |
Talk about this word "clean up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clean%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. clean up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clean%20up "clean up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clean%20up.
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@misc{clean_up_2026,
title = {clean up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clean%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
