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clean up

clean up


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb make something clean or neat: to make somebody or something clean or neat
Can you just give me a minute to clean up in here?

2. transitive verb eradicate something unpleasant: to rid a place of something unpleasant such as pollution or crime

3. intransitive verb make money: to acquire a large amount of money ( slang )
They really cleaned up in the stock market last year.

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