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cleaned up one's plate

cleaned up one's plate is the simple past and past participle of clean up one's plate.

Meaning of clean up one's plate

Verb

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

  1. To eat all the food on one's plate.

Questions about cleaned up one's plate

What is cleaned up one's plate the simple past and past participle of?
Cleaned up one's plate is the simple past and past participle of clean up one's plate.

Words near cleaned up one's plate in the dictionary

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

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