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cleaning up one's plate

cleaning up one's plate is the present participle and gerund 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 cleaning up one's plate

What is cleaning up one's plate the present participle and gerund of?
Cleaning up one's plate is the present participle and gerund of clean up one's plate.

Words near cleaning up one's plate in the dictionary

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

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