Definition of "clean up" in English

Verb

1. To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.

   • Clean up your room.

2. 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.

   • He sure cleans up nice.

3. To make something less corrupt or unseemly.

   • clean up one's act

4. To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.

   • Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.
   • The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year.

5. To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.

Noun

1. Misspelling of cleanup.