clean up one's act

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clean up one's act

verb cleans up one's act · cleaning up one's act · cleaned up one's act

  1. idiomatic To reform; to improve one's habits. Someday I'm going to clean up my act and start researching more carefully.

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@misc{clean_up_one_s_act_2026,
  title = {clean up one's act},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clean%20up%20one's%20act},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}