英语词汇“clean (sth) up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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phrasal verb(3)
- clean (sth) up (1)
- clean sth up (CRIME)
- clean sth up (BAD BEHAVIOUR)

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phrasal verb(2)
- clean sth up (1)
- clean sth up (2)

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clean (sth) up

slang

— phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb

to win a lot of money:

We cleaned up at the poker table last night.

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Winning and defeating

annihilate
bank
be one in the eye for sb idiom
beat sb at their own game idiom
beat sb hollow idiom
outpace
outperform
outscore
overpower
overturn
pip
reel
sew
sweep
trump
unassailable
unbeaten
undefeated
victorious
wipe

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clean sth up

— phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb

(CRIME)

to stop illegal or dishonest activity in a place or organization:

We need a mayor who is tough enough to clean up this town.

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Correcting and mending

correction
fiddle (around) with sth
fine-tune
fix sth up
I tell a lie idiom
lie
mess
patch
refine
refinement
refit
remediate
remediation
revised
smooth
troubleshooting
tune
tune (sth) up
under repair idiom
work on sth

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(BAD BEHAVIOUR)

to stop or limit the violence, sex, or bad behaviour shown or contained in programmes or books, magazines, etc., to make them more acceptable:

Some people think that television should be cleaned up.

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Forbidding and banning things

abolish
abolitionist
ban
bar
blacklist
clean
curfew
debar
deny
disallow
disqualify
forbid
nix
out of bounds idiom
outlaw
prohibit
prohibition
proscribe
unauthorized
veto

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clean sth up

— phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/usverb

informal to stop illegal and dishonest activity in a company, system, etc.:

Last week the Government announced plans to clean up the mortgage industry.

After the scandal, a team of marketing specialists was hired to clean up the company's image.

ENVIRONMENT to remove harmful substances or chemicals from a place or the environment:

clean up pollution/contamination/waste $250 million was spent on cleaning up groundwater contamination at the former factory's site.

单词	clean (sth) up
释义	Contents phrasal verb(3) clean (sth) up (1) clean sth up (CRIME) clean sth up (BAD BEHAVIOUR) Contents phrasal verb(2) clean sth up (1) clean sth up (2) English Business clean (sth) up slang — phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb to win a lot of money: We cleaned up at the poker table last night. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Winning and defeating annihilate bank be one in the eye for sb idiom *beat sb at their* own game idiom beat sb hollow idiom outpace outperform outscore overpower overturn pip reel sew sweep trump unassailable unbeaten undefeated victorious wipe See more results » clean sth up — phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb (CRIME) to stop illegal or dishonest activity in a place or organization: We need a mayor who is tough enough to clean up this town. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Correcting and mending correction** fiddle (around) with sth fine-tune *fix sth* up I tell a lie idiom lie mess patch refine refinement refit remediate remediation revised smooth troubleshooting tune tune (sth) up under repair** idiom work on sth See more results » (BAD BEHAVIOUR) to stop or limit the violence, sex, or bad behaviour shown or contained in programmes or books, magazines, etc., to make them more acceptable: Some people think that television should be cleaned up. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Forbidding and banning things abolish abolitionist ban bar blacklist clean curfew debar deny disallow disqualify forbid nix out of bounds idiom outlaw prohibit prohibition proscribe unauthorized veto See more results » clean sth up — phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/usverb informal to stop illegal and dishonest activity in a company, system, etc.: Last week the Government announced plans to clean up the mortgage industry. After the scandal, a team of marketing specialists was hired to clean up the company's image. ENVIRONMENT to remove harmful substances or chemicals from a place or the environment: clean up pollution/contamination/waste $250 million was spent on cleaning up groundwater contamination at the former factory's site.
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