clean up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la acción de dejar un lugar o una cosa limpia y ordenada, o de eliminar suciedad, desorden o elementos no deseados.

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.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Make clean or tidyinformal

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

   Limpiar y ordenar

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

   Sinónimoscleanclear upneatenspruce upstraighten uptidytidy up

   Antónimosclutterdirtylittermesssoil

2. Remove unwanted elementsinformal

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

   limpiar (eliminar lo indeseable)

   • 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.

   Sinónimosclear outeliminateeradicatepurgeridroot outweed out

   Antónimoscontaminatecorruptpollutetaint

3. Earn a large profitslangamerican

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

   Hacerse de oro

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscash inhit the jackpotrake in

Verbo baseclean