make+clean
101clean sweep — {n. phr.} A complete victory. * /Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent./ …
102Clean-Up Requirement — A requirement that is often written into the contracts of annually renewable lines of credit. Clean up requirements can require the borrower to pay off any outstanding balance on the line of credit and then cease to use the line of credit for a… …
103clean — See: come clean, keep one s nose clean, make a clean breast of, new broom sweeps clean, take to one s heels, also show a clean pair of heels …
104clean-up — UK / US noun Word forms clean up : singular clean up plural clean ups 1) [countable] the process of removing pollution or waste from a place or an industrial process liability for clean up costs 2) [singular] an occasion when you make a person or …
105make a clean sweep of — {v. phr.} 1. Achieve a complete victory. * /In 7980 the Reagan Republicans made a clean sweep of the western states./ 2. To eliminate thoroughly and completely. * /The new attorney general is expected to make a clean sweep of all the old… …
106make a clean sweep of — {v. phr.} 1. Achieve a complete victory. * /In 7980 the Reagan Republicans made a clean sweep of the western states./ 2. To eliminate thoroughly and completely. * /The new attorney general is expected to make a clean sweep of all the old… …
107make\ a\ clean\ sweep\ of — v. phr. 1. Achieve a complete victory. In 7980 the Reagan Republicans made a clean sweep of the western states. 2. To eliminate thoroughly and completely. The new attorney general is expected to make a clean sweep of all the old administrative… …
108make — I [[t]me͟ɪk[/t]] CARRYING OUT AN ACTION ♦ makes, making, made (Make is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression to make sense is explained at sense .) 1) VERB You… …
109clean up — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. informal, make money, rake it in (See money). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Slang. To make a large profit: batten, profit. Idiom: make a killing. See MONEY. II verb See CLEAN …
110make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off …
