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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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The group said it elevated the river on the list, right behind the first-ranked Mississippi River, to bring greater attention to the waterway’s chronic pollution problems and the lack of action to clean it up.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Earlier in March environment secretary Steve Reed called the amount of pollution entering the lake "a disgrace" and pledged to clean it up.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

Mr O'Donovan's business DMC Essex, which has been negotiating over the land's development since buying it in 2017, says the council is "blocking" efforts to clean it up.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

As for the plastics being everywhere in the environment, scientists hope to one day clean it up so that other ecosystems do not suffer because of humanity’s pollution.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

Whoever had wanted to save her could clean it up.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

clean it up

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