tidy up ●●●●○
ESL CEFR | B1
tidy (also tidy up) verb (past tense and past participle tidied, present participle tidying, third person singular tidies) [intransitive and transitive]
tidy2 (
also tidy up)
verb (
past tense and past participle tidied,
present participle tidying,
third person singular tidies)
[intransitive and transitive] to make a place look tidy:
Tidy your room! It’s time we tidied up the office.tidy up after somebody I’m tired of tidying up after you boys (=tidying somewhere that someone else has made untidy).tidy something ↔ away phrasal verb British English to put something back in the place where it should be, especially in a cupboard, drawer etc:
Let’s tidy these toys away. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲