TIDY UP


Meaning of TIDY UP in English

tidy 2 BrE AmE ( also tidy up ) verb ( past tense and past participle tidied , present participle tidying , third person singular tidies ) [intransitive and transitive]

to make a place look tidy:

Tidy your room!

It’s time we tidied up the office.

tidy up after somebody

I’m tired of tidying up after you boys (=tidying somewhere that someone else has made untidy) .

tidy something ↔ away phrasal verb

British English to put something back in the place where it should be, especially in a cupboard, drawer etc:

Let’s tidy these toys away.

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