clear up
Overview of verb clear up
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clarify, clear up, elucidate -- (make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death")
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get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up -- (finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment")
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clear, clear up -- (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat")
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clear up, clear, light up, brighten -- (become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm")
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clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault")
Synonyms
clarify,
clear up,
elucidate,
explain,
explicate,
get through,
wrap up,
finish off,
mop up,
polish off,
finish up,
complete,
finish,
clear,
remove,
take,
take away,
withdraw,
light up,
brighten,
shed light on,
crystallize,
crystallise,
crystalize,
crystalise,
straighten out,
sort out,
enlighten,
illuminate
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