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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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Although the Environment Agency is investigating, many locals feel not enough has been done to crack down on those using the site to dump waste nor to clean it up.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

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

"The brain becomes like a teenager's bedroom, accumulating trash, and when you don't clean it up, it becomes uninhabitable."

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

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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