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Clean up

verb

Put (things or places) in order. Synonyms: neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up.

Make a big profit; often in a short period of time.

Dispose of.

Make oneself clean, presentable or neat.

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"Clean up" Quotes from Famous Books

... said, "I must be excused a few minutes till I clean up so I am fit to go on the streets. I hope you won't think I forgot ...

— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

... if we didn't, one side could hurry through its meal, or eat almost nothing at all, and get a start that way. And there's no object in eating fast. It's to see how quietly we can march and prepare our food and clean up afterward that we're having the test. It isn't to be exactly like a race. The idea is to get as much fun and good exercise out of it as ...

— The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains - or Bessie King's Strange Adventure • Jane L. Stewart

... suffering and death will shortly be lifted and the sunlight of God's love will shine in upon all. Like the sun, the great Messianic kingdom, shining forth with healing beams, shall dispel the darkness, drive away the sickness, clean up the bodies and clean up the minds and morals, point the people to proper food—what to eat and how to eat it, what to think upon and how to conduct themselves; and above all, to give them a full knowledge of the loving kindness of our great God ...

— The Harp of God • J. F. Rutherford

... long, long time ago on a farm in North Carolina. She knew how to clean up the house, to wash the dishes, to sew, and to cook. She knew how to knit, and to spin ...

— The Child's World - Third Reader • Hetty Browne, Sarah Withers, W.K. Tate

... before resuming what he had to say. "The Tyee Lumber Company isn't equipped to carry on its pay-roll Mr. Donald McKaye and the man who interferes in his personal affair, even though actuated by a kindly interest. You rip up that track you're laying and leave Nan's home alone. Then you clean up your desk and hand me your resignation. I'm sick—and your damned interference hurts. Sorry; but you must go. Understand? Nan's coming back—understand? Coming back—devilish hot night—for this time of year, isn't ...

— Kindred of the Dust • Peter B. Kyne

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