tidy up

noun, verb — 2 senses

tidy-up

nounalso spelled tidy-up

An instance of something being tidied up.

A final tidy-up and his masterpiece is complete.2014 November 20, “Courtship”, in Life Story, episode 5 (TV series), spoken by David Attenborough, via BBC:

verb

To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.

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.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7:

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