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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
clean up
▪ I. ˌclean ˈup derived
(informal)to win or make a lot of money
•This film should clean up at the box offices.
Main entry: ↑cleanderived
▪ II. ˌclean (yourself) ˈup derived
(informal)to make yourself clean, usually by washing
• I need to change and clean up.
• Go and clean yourself up.
•You'd better get cleaned up.
related noun ↑clean-up
Main entry: ↑cleanderived
▪ III. 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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