clean up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de rendre un lieu ou une chose propre et ordonné, ou pour enlever la saleté, le désordre ou des objets indésirables.

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.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make clean or tidyinformal

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

   nettoyer

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

   Synonymescleanclear upneatenspruce upstraighten uptidytidy up

   Antonymesclutterdirtylittermesssoil

2. Remove unwanted elementsinformal

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

   assainir

   • 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.

   Synonymesclear outeliminateeradicatepurgeridroot outweed out

   Antonymescontaminatecorruptpollutetaint

3. Earn a large profitslangamerican

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

   empocher un gros profit

   • 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.

   Synonymescash inhit the jackpotrake in

Verbe de baseclean