verb
- Put (things or places) in order.
- usage: "Tidy up your room"
- synonyms: tidy, tidy up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
- Make a big profit; often in a short period of time.
- usage: "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"
- Dispose of.
- usage: "settle the bills"
- Make oneself clean, presentable or neat.
- usage: "Clean up before you go to the party"
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