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clean house |
clean out |
clean room |
clean slate |
clean sweep |
clean up
| clean-burning
| clean-cut
| clean-handed
| clean-limbed
| clean-living
clean up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb clean up has 4 senses
- clean up(v = verb.change) neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" is one way to order
- clean up(v = verb.possession) Array - make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up" is one way to profit, turn a profit
- clean up(v = verb.possession) Array - dispose of; "settle the bills" is one way to settle
- clean up(v = verb.body) Array - make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party" is one way to groom, neaten
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Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun cleanup1
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Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun cleanup3
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THESAURUS
clean up
bleach, bowdlerize, button up, cap, capitalize on, carry to completion, cash in on, clean, clean out, cleanse, clear, clear out, clear the decks, clear up, climax, close out, close up, coin money, commercialize, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, delouse, depurate, deterge, dry-clean, dust, dust off, end, expurgate, finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, fix up, freshen, gain, gain by, get done, get it over, get through, get through with, groom, gross, lustrate, make, make a killing, make money, make money by, mop up, neaten, net, perfect, police, police up, profit, purge, purify, put in trim, realize, realize on, reform, round out, scavenge, spruce, spruce up, steam-clean, straighten up, sweep out, sweeten, terminate, tidy, tidy up, top off, top out, trig up, trim, trim up, turn a penny, turn to account, turn to profit, whiten, wind up, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, wrap up
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