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clean up

• make someone or something clean or neat.
• "he always expected other people to clean up after him"
• restore order or morality to something.
• "the police chief was given the job of cleaning up a notorious district"
• make a substantial gain or profit.
• "Francis put three quid on a horse, figuring it was about time he cleaned up"

clean-up noun

• an act of cleaning a place.
• "an environmental clean-up"
• the fourth position in a team's batting order, usually reserved for a strong batter whose hits are likely to enable any runner who is on base to score.
• "L.A.'s cleanup hitter smacked a fastball over the left-field fence"


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