clean up

Speech parts

1. clean up - Noun

2. clean up - Verb

Meaning

make oneself clean, presentable or neat

put (things or places) in order

dispose of

make a big profit; often in a short period of time

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

clean-up

Synonyms

straighten tidy straighten out tidy up scotch hoover wash clear whitewash profit clean succeed triumph clearance prevail
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Antonyms

allow tar lose license permit crash
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Hypernyms

order profit settle groom neaten turn a profit

Hyponyms

make clean make-up clean house houseclean

Examples

It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, it may take another Clinton to clean up after the second one. Hillary Clinton

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars. Alan Shepard

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived. Anne Lamott

When you clean up a city, you destroy it. Charles Bukowski

Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab. Charlie Sheen

If the water is available you need not clean up with sand. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

clean towel clean transportation clean underwear clean up act clean up one's act clean up the flat