clean up

• Partikelverb, das das Saubermachen und Aufräumen eines Ortes oder einer Sache bezeichnet, also das Beseitigen von Schmutz, Unordnung oder unerwünschten Dingen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making a place or thing clean and tidy, or to remove dirt, mess, or unwanted items.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Make clean or tidyinformal

   To remove dirt, mess, or disorder from a place or object.

   Aufräumen

   • I need to clean up my room before guests arrive.
   • She cleaned up the kitchen after dinner.
   • The volunteers helped clean up the park.

   Synonymecleanclear upneatenspruce upstraighten uptidytidy up

   Antonymeclutterdirtylittermesssoil

2. Remove unwanted elementsinformal

   To eliminate undesirable or harmful things, such as crime, corruption, or waste.

   Beseitigen

   • The new mayor promised to clean up the city's corruption.
   • They are working to clean up the polluted river.
   • The police launched an operation to clean up the streets.

   Synonymeclear outeliminateeradicatepurgeridroot outweed out

   Antonymecontaminatecorruptpollutetaint

3. Earn a large profitslangamerican

   To make a significant amount of money, often quickly or unexpectedly.

   Das große Geld machen

   • He cleaned up at the poker table last night.
   • The company cleaned up with their new product launch.
   • She cleaned up by investing in tech stocks early.

   Synonymecash inhit the jackpotrake in

Grundverbclean