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Blueblooded65 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Clean and Clean up

What's the difference between "clean up" and "clean"?

There are many words in English which are the same when another word like "up, out, off" is attached to them.
  

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Clean up implies tidying, picking up, throwing away trash, etc. as well as actually cleaning things. Clean (used loosely) may include these things, but does not have to.

— Blue Jay

  • Clean up implies tidying, picking up, throwing away trash, etc.
  • as well as actually cleaning things.
  • Clean (used loosely) may include these things, but does not have to.
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Clean up implies tidying, picking up, throwing away trash, etc. as well as actually cleaning things.
Clean (used loosely) may include these things, but does not have to.
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Thank you.What do you mean "used loosely"?
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Clean by itself means remove dirt from, but if you "clean" your house it may well involve picking up and putting away as well as strictly cleaning things.
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That's interesting.
Thank you.
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