clean up
Example Sentences
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As a young adult, I watched civic and business leaders clean up downtown, fix old buildings and build new ones.
They want a six-month suspension of mining to clean up the sector.
From Barron's
The global race to clean up metals production has revved up demand to replace fossil coal inputs, Mennell said.
There are skills the Bruins want to clean up and tighten before the first meet of the new season in January, including sharper execution and landings.
From Los Angeles Times
He has called for cleaning up parks, clearing homeless encampments and painting over graffiti.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.