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cleans up one's plate

cleans up one's plate is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cleans up one's plate

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

Words near cleans up one's plate in the dictionary

  1. cleans out
  2. cleans someone's clock
  3. cleans up
  4. cleans up after
  5. cleans up one's act
  6. cleans up one's plate
  7. cleansability
  8. cleansable
  9. cleanse
  10. cleansed
  11. cleanser

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