Definition of clear up

verb (v)

• make clear and (more) comprehensible (verb.communication)

  Synonym: clarify, elucidate
  Antonym: obfuscate
  

  source: wordnet30
• finish a task completely (verb.change)

  Synonym: finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up
  

  source: wordnet30
• free (the throat) by making a rasping sound (verb.change)

  Synonym: clear
  

  source: wordnet30
• become clear (verb.weather)

  Synonym: brighten, clear, light up
  Antonym: cloud, overcast
  

  source: wordnet30
• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: clear, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out
  

  Example:
  Clear up the question of who is at fault.
  

  source: wordnet30

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