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.