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cleaned up

cleaned up is the simple past and past participle of clean up.

Meaning of clean up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
    • Clean up your room.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) 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.
    • He sure cleans up nice.
    Synonyms:
    scrub up
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something less corrupt or unseemly.
    • clean up one's act
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
    • Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.
  5. 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...2020 June 23, Jackson Haime, “Becoming a Legend: 4 Easy Ways to Climb in Apex Legends”, in Medium

Questions about cleaned up

What is cleaned up the simple past and past participle of?
Cleaned up is the simple past and past participle of clean up.

Words near cleaned up in the dictionary

  1. cleaned house
  2. cleaned off
  3. cleaned one's plate
  4. cleaned out
  5. cleaned someone's clock
  6. cleaned up
  7. cleaned up after
  8. cleaned up one's act
  9. cleaned up one's plate
  10. cleaner
  11. cleaner fish

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