clear up
/klɪəˈɹʌp/ verb- To clarify, to correct a misconception.
- To depart or disappear. · All of their symptoms cleared up after the mold was removed.
- To become free of certain blemishes. · With the new cleanser, his skin cleared up in two weeks.· His lung X-rays cleared up after they moved to Arizona.
- Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm.
- To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn.
From the library
During this conversation, Dantès, after having exchanged a cheerful shake of the hand with all his sympathizing friends, had surrendered himself to the officer sent to arrest him, merely saying, “Make yourselves quite easy, my good fellows, there is some little mistake to clear up, that’s all, depend upon it; and very likely I may not have to go so far as the prison to effect that.”
“We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you.
“‘Ah, there you lay your finger upon the one point which we shall probably never be able to clear up.
“There are one or two small points which I should desire to clear up before I go,” said he.
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