How is “clean up” used?

In Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), one line is: “So now, I'm cleaning up in here.”

Which movie is “clean up” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983).

clean up

to start behaving in a more acceptable or honest way; to get rid of crime, corruption, or disorder in a place; to make yourself clean, usually by washing; to remove dirt, etc. from somewhere

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Significado

Definición editorial25% de las películas
to start behaving in a more acceptable or honest way
I clean up my act.
Definición editorial25% de las películas
to get rid of crime, corruption, or disorder in a place
Oxford20% de las películas
to make yourself clean, usually by washing
Oxford5% de las películas
to remove dirt, etc. from somewhere

En las películas · 107

Apréndela en escenas completas

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004
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An American Crime2007

as clean as a whistle
a clean bill of health
a clean break
a clean sheet
make a clean breast of
make a clean sweep
keep your nose clean
wipe the slate clean
clean house
clean up your act
clean down
clean off

Más phrasal verbs

walk away
come down to
feel up to
live with
sum up
come around
go for
come off
drive away
go after
be caught up in
keep out of

Definiciones del Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9.ª edición

So now, I'm cleaning up in here.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)86:03

En 8 películas · n.º 1