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Verb clear up has 5 senses
- clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
--1 is one way to explain, explicate
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up - finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
--2 is one way to complete, finish
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- clear, clear up - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
--3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- clear up, clear, light up, brighten - become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
Antonyms: overcast, cloud
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Something ----s
It is ----ing
- clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
--5 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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