clear (sth) up
— phrasal verb with clear uk/klɪər/us/klɪr/verb
(TIDY)
B2 mainly UK to make a place tidy by removing things from it or putting them where they should be:
Dad was clearing up in the kitchen.
I'm tired of always having to clear up after you (= tidy your things).
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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
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- valet
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(ILLNESS)
If an illness clears up, or if medicine clears an illness up, the illness goes away:
You won't be able to go swimming tomorrow if your cold hasn't cleared up.
These pills should clear your rash up.
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Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce
- bounce back
- come round
- convalescence
- convalescent
- correct
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- get over sth/sb
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- recuperate
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
- throw sth off
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