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clear up

1. phrasal verb
When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
After breakfast they played while I cleared up. [VERB PARTICLE]
I cleared up my room. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
To clear up a problem, misunderstanding, or mystery means to settle it or find a satisfactory explanation for it.
There should be someone to whom you can turn for any advice or to clear up any problems. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
[Also V n P, V P n]
3.  See also clear-up
4. phrasal verb
To clear up a medical problem, infection, or disease means to cure it or get rid of it. If a medical problem clears up, it goes away.
Antibiotics should be used to clear up the infection. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Acne often clears up after the first three months of pregnancy. [VERB PARTICLE]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb
When the weather clears up, it stops raining or being cloudy.
It all depends on the weather clearing up. [VERB PARTICLE]
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clear-up

adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
The clear-up rate for a crime or in an area is the percentage of criminals caught by the police, compared to the total number of crimes reported.
[British]
The clear-up rate for murders remains high.
The Metropolitan Police say clear-up figures were improved.

clear up in British English

verb (adverb)
1. (transitive)
to explain or solve (a mystery, misunderstanding, etc)
2. 
to put (a place or thing that is disordered) in order
3. (intransitive)
(of the weather) to become brighter
noun clear-up (ˈklɪərˌʌp)
4. 
the act or an instance of clearing up

clear up in American English

1. 
to make or become clear
2. 
to make orderly
3. 
to become unclouded, sunny, etc. after being cloudy or stormy
4. 
to explain
5. 
to cure or become cured
this will clear up your cold
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Examples of 'clear up' in a sentence
clear up

You can talk to the family in a way that clears up money misunderstandings.
The Sun (2009)
Your skill in clearing up the misunderstandings that shadow a family relationship are important.
The Sun (2007)
We have to clear up the terrible mess he left behind.
The Sun (2010)
My ex just leaves an emotional mess for others to clear up.
The Sun (2010)
You can clear up misunderstandings, soothe emotions and ensure jealousy plays no part in family relationships.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
clear up

British English: clear up /klɪə ʌp/ VERB
When you clear up, or when you clear a place up, you tidy a place and put things away.
I cleared up my room.
  • American English: clear up
  • Arabic: يُفْسِحُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: arrumar
  • Chinese: 整理
  • Croatian: počistiti
  • Czech: uklidit
  • Danish: bringe orden i
  • Dutch: opruimen
  • European Spanish: ordenar escampar
  • Finnish: järjestää
  • French: ranger
  • German: aufräumen
  • Greek: τακτοποιώ
  • Italian: rassettare
  • Japanese: 片付ける
  • Korean: 정돈하다
  • Norwegian: ordne
  • Polish: zrobić porządek
  • European Portuguese: arrumar
  • Romanian: a face ordine
  • Russian: прибирать
  • Latin American Spanish: ordenar
  • Swedish: städa
  • Thai: ทำความสะอาดจนหมด
  • Turkish: toplamak ortalığı
  • Ukrainian: Прибирати
  • Vietnamese: dọn dẹp

Chinese translation of 'clear up'

clear up

vt

  1. [room, mess] 清理 (qīnglǐ)
  2. [mystery, problem] 澄清 (chéngqīng)

vi

  1. (= tidy up) 清理 (qīnglǐ)
  2. [illness] 痊愈(癒) (quányù)
  3. [rain] 转(轉)晴 (zhuǎnqíng)
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