clean
- adjective
- /klin/
- I have been clean while maintaining good grades.
- stay clean
- get clean
- clean and sober
I was six months clean and I didn't mess it up.
- I was six months clean and I didn't mess it up.
- And when I got clean, I stopped that.
- I took a shot and I've been clean and sober for about a month.
- I'm eight years clean, I'm sober and I go, wow.
- And this working on myself, this getting clean, you know, it's got into fellowship.
- And not one person in that room had ever spent one day clean on the street.
- I mean, he's been in clean and sober for all these years too.
- As long as he is with her, he'll never get clean.
- I I, I will say as of today, I am still clean.
- It felt like I was, I felt clean, if that makes sense.
- We're so quick to judge somebody else when we're not clean ourselves.
Examples
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Seven years clean.
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Darla is nervously smoking, doing her best to stay clean, but jittery.
Fiction book (1994) -
But what happened was at six years clean, I lost everything again.
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And when I got clean, I stopped that.
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Did my father get himself clean and straight?
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We're so quick to judge somebody else when we're not clean ourselves.
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I'm clean almost five years.
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I was six months clean and I didn't mess it up.
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I'm eight years clean, I'm sober and I go, wow.
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After years of struggling with addiction, he is proud to say he has been clean for more than five years.
Synonyms
Not affected by alcohol or drugs at all
Antonyms
Idioms
An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems
Compounds
- Specialized
A room where people keep the air and surfaces very clean for making microchips and other sensitive equipment
- Specialized
A weightlifting move where you lift a heavy bar to your shoulders then push it above your head
- Specialized
Clear, well organized computer instructions that are easy to read and change
- Specialized
A style of building with simple straight lines and visible wood parts
- Specialized
A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips
How Sober
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clean kept its old idea of 'free from' and now is used for not using drugs, so if someone is clean they are free from drug use.