tidy up
See also: tidy-up
English
Alternative forms
- tidy-up
Verb
tidy up (third-person singular simple present tidies up, present participle tidying up, simple past and past participle tidied up)
- To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.
- 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 7:
- When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.
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Usage notes
- Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.
Translations
to make clean (a small room or small space)
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