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Synonyms for cleaned up

adj neat and clean

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 forcleaned up

The edge should be cleaned up flush with the hull by the aid of a plane.

It'll all be cleaned up before they git back, and they needn't know a word of it.

Here, let's get him cleaned up now before he comes to, again.

He cleaned up seven acres, and do you know how he fenced it?

"Once you're clear of this building, you'll have to get cleaned up," Costa said.

The Boche had only left it about three weeks, and it had not been "cleaned up."

In both the country and city place, yards and alleys should be cleaned up.

She had cleaned up the worst of the mess and changed into a fresh shirt and jeans.

Face it, he was an oily snake, cleaned up as much as possible, but not enough.

And I'd too much gold in my safe to go to bed; I cleaned up this afternoon.

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