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clean it up

VERB

simplify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline

STRONG

abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble

WEAK

boil down break down break it down clean up clear up cut the frills draw a picture get down to basics get to the meat hit the high spots lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make clear make perfectly clear make plain put in a nutshell put one straight spell out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

grow increase

STRONG

be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure

WEAK

complicate make difficult

Example Sentences

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Both agree there is a certain madness in a system that appears to encourage people to swim in a polluted river in the hope it will create the pressure to clean it up.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

He told the press that he was dead serious about this numerous times, as his staff scrambled to try to clean it up for him.

From Salon • May 19, 2025

The debris, she said, is “blowing all over Malibu. It’s going into our oceans. We’re poisoning our children as we stand here. So we need to clean it up fast.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

The local residents can't clean it up fast enough.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

I quench my instinct to clean it up.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

clean it up

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