Clean up Synonyms, Clean up Antonyms

Synonyms for clean up

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Antonyms for clean up

Word Origin & History

Old English clæne "free from dirt or filth; pure, chaste, innocent; open, in the open," of beasts, "ritually safe to eat," from West Germanic *klainoz "clear, pure" (cf. Old Saxon kleni "dainty, delicate," Old Frisian klene "small," Old High German kleini "delicate, fine, small," German klein "small;" English preserves the original Germanic sense), from PIE root *gel- "bright, gleaming" (cf. Greek glene "eyeball," Old Irish gel "bright").

"Largely replaced by clear, pure in the higher senses" [Weekley], but as a verb (mid-15c.) it has largely usurped what once belonged to cleanse. Meaning "whole, entire" is from c.1300 (clean sweep in the figurative sense is from 1821). Sense of "innocent" is from c.1300; that of "not lewd" is from 1867; that of "not carrying anything forbidden" is from 1938; that of "free of drug addiction" is from 1950s. To come clean "confess" is from 1919, American English.

Example Sentences forclean up

You must listen while I tell you how to clean up the monsters.

Henry promised to put it away in the cellar and clean up the cellar as soon as he could.

"You—you go and clean up the cellar," ordered the irate captain.

And I can't let you monkey with the lights, except to clean up around and such.

Say, bimeby, when the place been clean up, maybe he use it himself.

Now get in there and clean up that dirty motor and get her runnin'!

A good time to clean up is when the battery is being charged.

The result of the "clean up" and retorting was $1,000 worth of shining gold.

Will it waken them if I––clean up a little before I go to bed?

Now, Jack, you and Harry get out the wireless while I clean up.

clean up

accumulated

accumulates

accumulating

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amassed