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",
      "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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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "To eat all the food on one's plate"
      ],
      "id": "en-clean_up_one's_plate-en-verb-45np8AqP",
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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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        "1": "*",
        "head": "clean up one's plate"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "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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