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cleans one's plate

cleans one's plate is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clean one's plate.

Meaning of clean one's plate

Verb

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

  1. To finish all of the food served to one, without leaving leftovers.

Questions about cleans one's plate

What is cleans one's plate the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cleans one's plate is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clean one's plate.

Words near cleans one's plate in the dictionary

  1. cleans
  2. cleans and jerks
  3. cleans down
  4. cleans house
  5. cleans off
  6. cleans one's plate
  7. cleans out
  8. cleans someone's clock
  9. cleans up
  10. cleans up after
  11. cleans up one's act

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