Clean
Clean verb - To remove the dirt from.
Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Boondock Saints kill a villain who was broadly similar, in that he was a hit man but did his own, highly clinical clean up as he went along.
Source: Cleanup Crew -
During the sword fighting portion of the second fight fight, if Ghirahim lands a hit on you, he'll take a second to lick his sword clean of your blood.
Source: Lecherous Licking -
A man in Tennessee hit a ladybug in one of them things sheered his head clean off.
Source: The Alleged Car
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Hit and Clean. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/hit
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