Idiom
clean up one's act
Meaning
To reform; to improve one's habits.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He needs to clean up his act and stop being late.”
“After getting a warning at work, she decided to clean up her act and arrive on time.”
“The once-notorious musician, now a father of two, finally cleaned up his act, trading late nights and chaos for early mornings and stability.”
Examples
simple
“He needs to clean up his act and stop being late.”
contextual
“After getting a warning at work, she decided to clean up her act and arrive on time.”
complex
“The once-notorious musician, now a father of two, finally cleaned up his act, trading late nights and chaos for early mornings and stability.”
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