clean up one's plate in English

Forms: cleans up one's plate [present, singular, third-person], cleaning up one's plate [participle, present], cleaned up one's plate [participle, past], cleaned up one's plate [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=clean up one's plate}} clean up one's plate (third-person singular simple present cleans up one's plate, present participle cleaning up one's plate, simple past and past participle cleaned up one's plate)

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      "form": "cleans up one's plate",
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    {
      "form": "cleaning up one's plate",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleaned up one's plate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleaned up one's plate",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To eat all the food on one's plate."
      ],
      "id": "en-clean_up_one's_plate-en-verb-~lgJIrVF",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clean one's plate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clean up one's plate"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cleans up one's plate",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleaning up one's plate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleaned up one's plate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleaned up one's plate",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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    {
      "word": "clean one's plate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clean up one's plate"
}

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"clean up one's plate" meaning in English

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