Phrase guide

tidy up

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

put (things or places) in order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Tidy up your room!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tidy, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: order

Narrower terms: make, make up, houseclean, clean house, clean

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մաքրել (makʻrel) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Bengali: গুছিয়ে রাখা (guchiẏe rakha) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Catalan: endreçar — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收拾 (shōushí) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Finnish: siistiä — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • French: ranger — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Galician: arrombar — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • German: aufräumen — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • German: zusammenräumen — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Hindi: साफ़ करना (sāf karnā) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Italian: riordinare — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Japanese: 片付ける (katazukeru) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Korean: 정리하다 (jeongnihada) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Māori: whakapaipai — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Persian: مرتب کردن — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Polish: sprzątać — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Polish: posprzątać — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Portuguese: arrumar — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Romanian: face ordine — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Romanian: deretica — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Romanian: aranja — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Russian: убира́ть (ubirátʹ) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Russian: убра́ть (ubrátʹ) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Russian: приводи́ть в поря́док (privodítʹ v porjádok) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Russian: привести́ в поря́док (privestí v porjádok) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Serbo-Croatian: поспремити — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Serbo-Croatian: почистити — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Serbo-Croatian: pospremiti — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Serbo-Croatian: počistiti — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Spanish: arreglar — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Spanish: adecentar — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Turkish: çekidüzen vermek — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Turkish: toplamak — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Ukrainian: прибира́ти (prybyráty) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Ukrainian: прибра́ти (prybráty) — to make clean (a small room or small space)
  • Vietnamese: dọn dẹp — to make clean (a small room or small space)