clear up
• solve or explain something.
• "he wanted to clear up some misconceptions"
Similar:
solve,
resolve,
straighten out,
find an/the answer to,
answer,
find the key to,
decipher,
break,
get to the bottom of,
make head or tail of,
piece together,
explain,
expound,
unravel,
untangle,
elucidate,
crack,
figure out,
suss out,
• tidy something up by removing rubbish or other unwanted items.
• "I keep meaning to come down here and clear up"
Similar:
tidy,
tidy up,
put in order,
straighten up,
clean up,
put to rights,
make shipshape,
spruce up,
• (of an illness or other medical condition) become cured.
• "all my health problems cleared up"
• (of the weather) become brighter.
• "I said I would fix the roof when the weather clears up"
clear-up
noun
• a removal and tidying away of rubbish or obstructions.
• the solving of crimes by the police.
• "Welsh police had one of the most successful clear-up rates"
