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Idiom: Clean Up

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To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.

Example: "Clean up your room."

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.

Example: "He sure cleans up nice."

To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.

Example: "Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.   The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year."

To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.

Alternative form of cleanup

Example Sentences

1
Please clean up your room before your guests arrive.
2
It took us the entire weekend to clean up the garden after the storm.
3
The janitor will clean up the cafeteria after lunchtime.
4
I need to clean up my computer files to free up some space.
5
After the party, we all pitched in to clean up the mess.

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