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Princeton's WordNet

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

    put (things or places) in order

    "Tidy up your room!"

  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"

  3. clean upverb

    dispose of

    "settle the bills"

  4. clean upverb

    make oneself clean, presentable or neat

    "Clean up before you go to the party"

Wiktionary

  1. clean upverb

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

  2. clean upverb

    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.

  3. clean upverb

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

ChatGPT

  1. clean up

    Clean up refers to the process of making a place tidy and neat by removing dirt, unnecessary items, or clutter. This may involve actions such as washing, sweeping, dusting, organizing, or straightening items. The term can also be used metaphorically in various contexts to suggest rectifying, resolving or eliminating problems or mistakes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clean up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clean up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of clean up in a Sentence

  1. Gerhard Schick:

    The current bosses were tied too closely to the problems for them to represent a change of corporate culture. This new start should have been done when (former CEO) Josef Ackermann left, the decisions back then have led to a couple of lost years for the bank. The new management needs to clean up, particularly in investment banking.

  2. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    We must act quickly to clean up the mess and renew these authorities.

  3. Crisis Center:

    The enormous devastation caused by the floods is gradually being revealed and clean-up operations have begun, with the help of many volunteers.

  4. Simone Missick:

    You know, we thought,' Oh, we'll have to do our own hair and makeup and figure that out and hold the phone or the camera, the computer.' But then they started sending over lights and making sure that our Wifi was a strong enough connection. We had so many technical rehearsals in addition to the table read, it was like,' Oh, we're doing a location scout in my house today. Great, let me clean up and ignore the fact I haven't done anything for two weeks.'.

  5. Ash Barty:

    There were parts of my game that I still want to clean up, i had to hit a lot of balls tonight, it was extremely tough.


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