CLEAR UP


Meaning of CLEAR UP in English

clear up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ clear )

1 . to make a place look tidier by putting things back where they belong:

I don’t mind you using the kitchen as long as you clear up afterwards.

clear something ↔ up

Adam, clear up this mess before your father sees it.

clear up after

I get really tired of clearing up after you (=tidying places that you have made untidy) .

2 . clear something ↔ up to explain or solve something, or make it easier to understand:

The White House hopes these problems can be cleared up soon.

There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.

3 . if the weather clears up, it gets better

4 . if an illness or infection clears up, it disappears

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.