to tidy
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈtaɪdi/
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- You really need to tidy up your room before your guests arrive.
- tidy up the house
Give me a little read while I tidy the bedroom, yeah?
- Give me a little read while I tidy the bedroom, yeah?
- I spent six hours like locked in on, on tidying my room.
- Clean living, if you can start with clean living and tidy your ACT up, you know, seek help.
- If paper was was was dangling down, the cat would just go in and gently tidy up the paper dispenser.
- So like the life changing magic of tidying up.
Examples
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In that case, then, I suppose I'll tidy up a little bit.
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And maybe you can tidy up around here a little bit too.
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Give me a little read while I tidy the bedroom, yeah?
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The only thing I do need to do still is to tidy this.
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You really have to tidy up your room, pal.
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I just thought I'd help tidy it up a bit for you.
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If you don't mind, I need to tidy up a bit before they get home.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ask the carer to get the child to tidy away all of the toys.
Academic text (2011) -
At the end of the session, everyone is smiling as they help tidy away the cones.
Academic text (2008) -
When she's not busy with customers, Erin tidies up or takes a break to read the paper.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
To make a room or area free of dirt and tidy by removing mess
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1.6
Make a place or things tidy and in order
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2.6
Tidy a bed or room so it looks neat
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1.5
Make a room or desk neat by putting things in their right place
18
3.6
To make something tidy and ready to use
13
3.8
To make yourself or a place look cleaner and nicer
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3.2
To make a place tidy and organized
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2.7
Make a room neat by putting things away
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5.8
To clean and tidy a room to make it ready to use
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3.7
To make something tidy by arranging things in order
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7.2
Make a person or place look neater and nicer by cleaning and adding small things
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4.1
To remove things you do not need to make a place tidy and easier to use
To tidy a messy place and put things in order
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Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A wildflower in California that lives for one year and has yellow flowers with white tips
How Tidy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tidy as a verb comes from the adjective tidy, which goes back to Old English tidig 'in time' and tid 'time'. To 'tidy' is to make things 'neat' or in order, so the origin helps explain why it means to clean up or arrange things.