: to make a spectacular profit in a business enterprise or a killing in speculation or gambling
2
: to become free of drug or alcohol addiction
I always cleaned up for tours. … By the end of the tour, I'm perfectly clean and should have stayed sober. Keith Richards
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Saturday, The Bait Shack, 212 W. Whitney Road Join in the cleanup around Ship Creek following the 2022 fish season to preserve the area for future generations.Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 For three days, the strapping high school football player and wrestler assisted in the flood cleanup before suddenly falling ill.CBS News, 11 Aug. 2022 By the end of the day, some roads were still not cleared, in part because some companies involved in the cleanup had received threats, said Diederik Fleuren, a spokesman for the the government's roads and waterways organization Rijkswaterstaat. Mike Corder, ajc, 27 July 2022 Scientists are always on the lookout for new chemical-eating microscopic critters, both for use in biological cleanup and for the pure joy of scientific discovery. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 June 2022 On May 30, 2002, workers hung up their hardhats and put away the black buckets that had been used in the cleanup. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022 With the family’s pet lizard along for a shoulder ride, Devona Jones and her daughter Jordyn, 9, headed over to the Gail Borden Public Library parking lot Saturday morning to take part in a spring cleanup of the Fox River. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022 Wheeler’s professed interest in bay cleanup with an $82 million funding cut in one bay program under Trump.Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022 Over the sounds of heavy machinery engaged in cleanup just blocks away, the president stopped to speak with storms victims, including a young girl clutching an American flag. Alexandra Jaffe And Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2021
Adjective
In addition to the criminal fine, the plea agreement says the companies will compensate federal programs for their cleanup efforts with about $5.8 million, prosecutors said. Taylor Romine, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 When Big Creek Connects isn’t hosting cleanup events around the community, the nonprofit can be found educating the public about local urban watersheds. John Benson, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022 The official notice from the city had gone up four days before: A cleanup crew would remove any belongings the campers did not remove themselves.New York Times, 4 May 2022 There were two out, a runner on first and cleanup hitter Austin Hays was waiting for Morgan. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 4 June 2022 The cleanup hitter continued his tear with a two-run home run, his third of the series. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022 The government has secured nearly $1 billion in funding cleanup efforts on the Navajo Nation by suing companies that didn't properly clean up their uranium mines, according to the EPA Region 9 spokesperson. Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2022 Staunton: Parts of Gypsy Hill Park remained closed to the public Monday as cleanup efforts continued from last week's devastating storm that impacted the city. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 The road was closed during cleanup efforts and is back open for normal traffic Wednesday morning. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2022 See More