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clean up after

clean up after verb: to clean areas and things that (somebody) has touched or dirtied.

Verb

clean up after (third-person singular simple present cleans up after, present participle cleaning up after, simple past and past participle cleaned up after)

  1. (transitive) To clean areas and things that (somebody) has touched or dirtied.
  2. (transitive) To fix problems and difficult situations that (somebody) has continuously gotten themselves into.

Forms of clean up after

third-person singular presentcleans up after
present participlecleaning up after
past participlecleaned up after
pastcleaned up after

Questions about clean up after

What does clean up after mean?
Clean up after means to clean areas and things that (somebody) has touched or dirtied.
What part of speech is clean up after?
Clean up after is a verb.
What is the past tense of clean up after?
The past tense of clean up after is cleaned up after.

Words near clean up after in the dictionary

  1. clean sweep
  2. clean sweeps
  3. clean teen
  4. clean teens
  5. clean up
  6. clean up after
  7. clean up one's act
  8. clean up one's plate
  9. clean URL
  10. clean URLs
  11. clean-cut

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