clean up
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To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
โClean up your room.โ
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To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
โHe sure cleans up nice.โ
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To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
โMan, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.ย ย The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year.โ
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The act of cleaning or tidying something.
- 2
Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
โJones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.โ
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clean%20up, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cleanup