clean up

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verb

1. put (things or places) in order (Freq. 8)
- Tidy up your room!
• Syn:
tidy, tidy up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
• Hypernyms:
order
• Hyponyms:
make, make up, houseclean, clean house, clean
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make a big profit;
often in a short period of time
- The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up
• Derivationally related forms:
cleanup
• Hypernyms:
profit, turn a profit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. dispose of
- settle the bills
• Hypernyms:
settle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make oneself clean, presentable or neat
- Clean up before you go to the party
• Derivationally related forms:
cleanup
• Hypernyms:
groom, neaten
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s