CLEAR UP


Meaning of CLEAR UP in English

1.

When you clear up or clear a place up , you tidy things and put them away.

After breakfast they played while I cleared up...

I cleared up my room.

PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P n (not pron) , also V n P

2.

To clear up a problem, misunderstanding, or mystery means to settle it or find a satisfactory explanation for it.

During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny.

= sort out

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P

see also clear-up

3.

To clear up a medical problem, infection, or disease means to cure it or get rid of it. If a medical problem clears up , it goes away.

Antibiotics should be used to clear up the infection...

Acne often clears up after the first three months of pregnancy.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V P , also V n P

4.

When the weather clears up , it stops raining or being cloudy.

It all depends on the weather clearing up.

PHRASAL VERB : V P

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