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cleaning up after

cleaning up after is the present participle and gerund of clean up after.

Meaning of clean up after

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.

Questions about cleaning up after

What is cleaning up after the present participle and gerund of?
Cleaning up after is the present participle and gerund of clean up after.

Words near cleaning up after in the dictionary

  1. cleaning shoes
  2. cleaning sieve
  3. cleaning sieves
  4. cleaning someone's clock
  5. cleaning up
  6. cleaning up after
  7. cleaning up one's act
  8. cleaning up one's plate
  9. cleaning woman
  10. cleaning women
  11. cleaning-ladies

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