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  • 91clean up — phr verb Clean up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑environment, ↑image, ↑litter, ↑mess, ↑waste …

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  • 92Clean up — 1. be successful at winning: to clean up at the races ; 2. (sport, etc.) defeat crushingly: Carlton cleaned up Richmond last Saturday ; 3. be totally wrecked from a collision: I was almost cleaned up by a semi …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 93clean up — Australian Slang 1. be successful at winning: to clean up at the races ; 2. (sport, etc.) defeat crushingly: Carlton cleaned up Richmond last Saturday ; 3. be totally wrecked from a collision: I was almost cleaned up by a semi …

    English dialects glossary

  • 94clean up — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. informal, make money, rake it in (See money). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Slang. To make a large profit: batten, profit. Idiom: make a killing. See MONEY. II verb See CLEAN …

    English dictionary for students

  • 95clean — adj OK, alright. Have you seen his new wheels? They are clean, man. 2000s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 96clean up — pick up garbage, put away clothes or toys, wash    Lorne, please clean up the mess in your bedroom …

    English idioms

  • 97Clean —    Drame d Olivier Assayas, avec Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, James Dennis, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar.   Pays: France, Grande Bretagne et Canada   Date de sortie: 2004   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 50   Prix: Prix d… …

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  • 98clean up —    1. to bring the proceeds of vice into open circulation    A variant of launder:     The money from this stuff needed cleaning up. (Davidson, 1978)    Or the money may be sent to the cleaners for the same purpose:     Black money tucked away… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 99clean up — informal make a substantial gain or profit. → clean …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 100clean — Adj. Having no drugs, weapons or illicit goods on one s person. E.g. You can t arrest me officer, I m clean! …

    English slang and colloquialisms