View synonyms for clean up

clean up

verb

to rid (something) of dirt, filth, or other impurities
to make (someone or something) orderly or presentable
tr to rid (a place) of undesirable people or conditions
the campaign against vice had cleaned up the city
informal.
intr to make a great profit

noun

1. the process of cleaning up or eliminating something
2. ( as modifier )
  a cleanup campaign
informal.
a great profit

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Example Sentences

In 2003, during his previous stint with the LAPD, McDonnell helped clean up the park, but he concedes it’s in “pretty desperate straits” today, calling it “a magnet for activity that has been detrimental to the neighborhood.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We have a mandate from the American people, a mandate not only to clean up the mess left by the Biden-Harris-Schumer agenda, but also to deliver on President Trump’s priorities.”

From Slate

The consolidation was effectively done to clean up Vistara’s books and wipe out its losses, said Mark Martin, an aviation analyst.

From BBC

Known as Buz Stop Boys, a group of mostly young professionals and tradespeople are driving a new wave of civic responsibility in Ghana, picking up brooms and shovels to clean up the mounds of rubbish that are an eyesore in cities and towns across the country.

From BBC

Many men do this, and as some of them are my friends, so I can tell you they don't shut up about how well they clean up on the dating market because of it.

From Salon

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