neatenverb [ T ]
uk/ˈniː.tən/us/ˈniː.t̬ən/to make something tidy:
She's careful to neaten her desk before she leaves in the evening.
Could you neaten up those bookshelves, please?
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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