clean (sb/sth) up
— phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb
C1 to make a person or place clean and tidy:
We'll go out as soon as I've cleaned up the kitchen.
I need to clean up (= clean myself or the place where I am) before we go out.
Clean yourself up a bit before dinner.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean sth out
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- mop
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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