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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-clean up.ogg
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  1. Misspelling of cleanup. Tags: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable Alternative form of: cleanup
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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-clean up.ogg Forms: cleans up [present, singular, third-person], cleaning up [participle, present], cleaned up [participle, past], cleaned up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clean up (third-person singular simple present cleans up, present participle cleaning up, simple past and past participle cleaned up)
  1. (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. Tags: transitive Derived forms: cleaner-upper, clean up one's act, clean up one's plate Related terms: cleanup, clean out, clean house Translations (to make an area or a thing clean): netejar (Catalan), vyčistit (Czech), schoonmaken (Dutch), purigi (Esperanto), siivota (Finnish), nettoyer (French), putzen (German), καθαρίζω (katharízo) (Greek), ripulire (Italian), 掃除する (sōji suru) (Japanese), sprzątać [imperfective] (Polish), posprzątać [perfective] (Polish), dar uma limpeza (Portuguese), limpar (Portuguese), fazer uma limpeza (Portuguese), убира́ться (ubirátʹsja) (Russian), прибираться (pribiratʹsja) (Russian), počistiti (Slovene), limpiar (Spanish), прибира́ти (prybyráty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прибра́ти (prybráty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), quét dọn (Vietnamese), quét tước (Vietnamese), llnau tua [North, colloquial] (Welsh)
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  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: scrub up
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  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To make something less corrupt or unseemly. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
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  4. (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
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  5. (video games) To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner. Categories (topical): Video games
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Rhos station had been cleaned up for the occasion, and its single platform was gay with flags.",
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          "ref": "2008 July 14, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures:",
          "text": "Mr Mayor, you were elected in a campaign to clean up the city. When are you gonna start?",
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          "text": "Gays in Providence have suggested that the raid on the Club Baths was a political action. There is some belief that the newly re-elected Cianci administration wants to prove that it is \"out to clean up the city.\" During the election campaign, the Cianci administration was attacked by opponents as being \"soft on crime.\"",
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          "text": "The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year.",
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          "ref": "2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "And for Rodgers, who cleaned up with Celtic in Scotland, this was another significant addition to his CV, as his expert guidance of Leicester - who are in a strong position to finish in the Premier League's top four and face Chelsea again at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday - now has a tangible reward in the shape of the FA Cup.",
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          "ref": "2020 June 23, Jackson Haime, “Becoming a Legend: 4 Easy Ways to Climb in Apex Legends”, in Medium:",
          "text": "The key here is to stop third partying and start cleaning up. Running to the first bullets you hear will only guarantee one thing, a fight. […] Cleaning up means only swooping in for the free kills. Is a fight over? Does Octane has his hands in a deathbox? That is when you take the zipline and catch them with their pants down.",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
      "word": "掃除する"
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
      "word": "dar uma limpeza"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
      "word": "fazer uma limpeza"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
      "word": "quét dọn"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
      "word": "quét tước"
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make an area or a thing clean",
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