Clean up

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of cleanup. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. transitive

    "Clean up your room."

  2. 2
    make oneself clean, presentable or neat wordnet
  3. 3
    To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such. colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive

    "He sure cleans up nice."

  4. 4
    put (things or places) in order wordnet
  5. 5
    To make something less corrupt or unseemly. idiomatic, transitive

    "clean up one's act"

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  1. 6
    finish attending to wordnet
  2. 7
    To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. idiomatic, intransitive

    "Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table."

  3. 8
    make a big profit; often in a short period of time wordnet
  4. 9
    To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.

    "The key here is to stop third partying and start cleaning up. Running to the first bullets you hear will only guarantee one thing, a fight. […] Cleaning up means only swooping in for the free kills. Is a fight over? Does Octane has his hands in a deathbox? That is when you take the zipline and catch them with their pants down."

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