Betekenis van clear (sth) up In het Nederlands

• 0 to make a place tidy by removing things from it or putting them where they should be:

  • Dad was clearing up in the kitchen.

  • I'm tired of always having to clear up after you (= tidy your things).

• 1 If an illness clears up, or if medicine clears an illness up, the illness goes away:

  • You won't be able to go swimming tomorrow if your cold hasn't cleared up.

  • These pills should clear your rash up.

• 2 to give or find an explanation for something, or to deal with a problem or argument:

  • They never cleared up the mystery of the missing money.

  • After 20 years the case has finally been cleared up.