Clean
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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All he wants to do is clean the floors, dig the prize out of the cereal box, and occasionally host an insanely popular kids variety show.
Source: Broomstick Quarterstaff - In Turn Coat, Big Friendly Dog Mouse loads on the ham when he takes a bullet for Molly due to her poor judgment, and she has to dig it out and clean the wound.
Source: Large Ham / Literature -
You grow it on trees, you fish it out of the river, you pick it up off the beach, you catch it in your net, you dig a fossil out of the ground and have a paleontologist clean it up, and then you sell it all to the raccoon.
Source: Vendor Trash
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Dig and Clean. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/dig
Clean & Dig. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/dig>.
Dig or Clean. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/dig.
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