Clean up and Edit

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Clean up

Clean up verb - To remove objectionable parts from.

Usage example: cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper

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Edit is a synonym for clean up in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Edit" instead a verb "Clean up", when it comes to topics like clean, fix, forbid, erase.

Edit

Edit verb - To prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating.

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Clean up is a synonym for edit in activity topic. You can use "Clean up" instead a verb "Edit", if it concerns topics such as clean. informal substitute

Nearby Words: edited, editing, editor, editable

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Then they complain about it in the discussion section, even though the edit was minor, completely livid over the fact that they have to clean up the kinds of mistakes they make themselves all the time.

Source: Darth Wiki / That Troper
Help - Us - Clean up TV Tropes / If you see a bad, bad edit take a screencap of it, and send it our way / via Twitter or our Facebook faaanpaaage!

Source: Web Video / Jacksfilms

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Edit and Clean up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean_up/edit

Clean up & Edit. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean_up/edit>.

Edit or Clean up. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean_up/edit.

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