Verb
The word is derived from tidy
of Tidy
Source: Webster's dictionaryA sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it's time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I'm wanted at the traffic-jam. They're saving me a seat. Leonard Cohen
You know, even when the material wasn't so good, I've gotten to work with the greats, and I've always given it my best shot. I'm satisfied with my work. I could stop tomorrow, and if Bright Young Things was my last role, I could say I tidied it up with dignity. Dan Aykroyd
In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying. Jim Broadbent
We knew we were doomed. The kiss was a warm acceptance of years of bickering, years of me consuming foods that I found barely edible and Henry tidying up after someone who already thought she had tidied up. When I kissed Henry I wasn't imagining Ex-boyfriend #13; I was picturing Husband #1. Lisa Lutz
Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction. Katherine Mansfield
A letter written, the computer tidied up (some more) and a new voice recording toy taken out the box and examined before the cobwebs growing around it threaten to make it disappear altogether under a cloud of silken weave. Source: Internet