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tidy


2tidy

verb
ti·diedti·dy·ing

Definition of TIDY

transitive verb
: to put in order <tidy up a room>
intransitive verb
: to make things tidy <tidying up after supper>
— ti·di·er noun
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Examples of TIDY

  1. I tidied the house before they arrived.

First Known Use of TIDY

1821

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