CLEAR UP


Meaning of CLEAR UP in English

1.

When you ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ 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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