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Noun clean-up has 3 senses
- killing, cleanup - a very large profit
--1 is a kind of net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
- cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot - (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
--2 is a kind of position
--2 is a part of batting order, card, lineup
- cleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
--3 is a kind of improvement
--3 has particulars:
Verb clean-up has 4 senses
- tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
--1 is one way to order
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- clean up - make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"
--2 is one way to profit, turn a profit
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- clean up - dispose of; "settle the bills"
--3 is one way to settle
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- clean up - make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"
--4 is one way to groom, neaten
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