clean up one's act
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Verb
clean up one's act (third-person singular simple present cleans up one's act, present participle cleaning up one's act, simple past and past participle cleaned up one's act)
- (idiomatic) To reform; to improve one's habits.
- Someday I'm going to clean up my act and start researching more carefully.
Related terms
- get one's act together
Translations
reform
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See also
- turn over a new leaf