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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
clean something up
▪ I. ˌclean sthˈup derived
to remove crime and immoral behaviour from a place or an activity
•The new mayor is determined to clean up the city.
•Soccer needs to clean up its image.
related noun ↑clean-up
Main entry: ↑cleanderived
▪ II. ˌclean ˈup | ˌclean sthˈup derived
to remove dirt, etc. from somewhere
• He always expected other people to clean up after him (= when he had made the place dirty or untidy).
• Who's going to clean up this mess?
•to clean up beaches after an oil spillage
•a commitment to clean up the environment
•It took me the rest of the day to clean (the place) up.
related noun ↑clean-up
Main entry: ↑cleanderived
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