Clean up
Clean up verb - To make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff.
Both terms in one sentence
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Does he wash up, never wash up Does he clean up, no he never cleans up Does he brush up, he never brushed up He does nothing, the boy does nothing
Source: Men Can't Keep House - This does cause him pain as well as cause blood to come out, which the nurse hurries to clean up and warns the visitor to wash off of himself ASAP.
Source: Pull the I.V. -
False Reassurance: 'All I'm trying to do is clean up'- Lee tricking Tim into thinking he wants Lucy out the flat to wash a wine stain when in fact he's renting it to a (porn) director as a set.
Source: Series / Not Going Out
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