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What does clean up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word clean up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
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I'll clean up everything at light welter then I'll move up to welterweight and clean up there as well.
However, this month the winds and driving rain so far prevented any such activity and hopes for an early clean up so far are postponed.
The final clean up before the Tidy Towns adjudication will be on Monday 14th June at 7.30 pm.
Instead of janitors or custodians, Japanese schools had the students clean up the classrooms at the end of the day.
The United Utilities scheme, to clean up watercourses which run into the River Irwell, began last November.
It took me half an hour the other night to clean up after some horrible cat.

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