cleaned up
Removed the mess
Cleaned up is the past tense of clean up, meaning to have made something tidy or orderly: We cleaned up after the party.
It extends to removing corruption or crime: The new mayor cleaned up city hall.
In informal use, to have cleaned up means to have profited handsomely: She cleaned up at the poker table.
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
- tidyFree from clutter
- tidied upMade orderly again
decluttered · mop · decontaminated · neat · shine · rehabilitated · washed · dust · polished · scrubbed · streamlined · corrected · clear · optimized · spick-and-span · fixed · resolved · restored
- alteredmodified, changed, altered, edited, revised
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
- sugarcoatedsugarcoated, candy-coated, sweetened, honeyed, sugary
- supportedsupported, backed, aided, helped out, assisted
- finished eatingate, consumed, devoured, gobbled, wolfed
- desexualizationneutering, spaying, castration, sterilization, gonadectomy
cleaned updirtied
Made unclean
soiled · filthy · messed up · contaminated · muddied
cleaned upmessed up
Disordered or badly handled
disorganized · cluttered · in disarray · disheveled · trashed
cleaned uprelapsed
Returned to worse state
corrupted · degenerated · backslid · gone astray · gone to seed
clean, cleaning, cleaner, cleaned, unclean, cleans, cleansing, cleanser, cleanness