tidy up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.
When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tidy-up | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tidies up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| tidied up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tidied up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tidying up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |