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

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clean it up

"We are trying to identify the most gentle solutions to the problem, as there is unfortunately no easy way to clean it up," she says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

For them to clean it up a little in the field behind you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Cafaro—earlier had gotten a no-bid, $1.7 million contract to clean it up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

“If it doesn’t earn its keep,” Stephen said with a shrug, “we can always clean it up and put it back on the Free Table.”

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025

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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