clear up

phrasal verb

cleared up; clearing up; clears up

1

of weather or the sky : to change so that there are no clouds, fog, etc.

The sky cleared up after the rain.

It's cloudy now, but it's clearing up gradually.

2

of the skin : to become free of marks or spots

My skin cleared up when I started using the cream.

3

: to go away

My symptoms cleared up once I started using the cream.

4

British : to make an area clean or tidy

Let's clear up before we leave.

Examples of clear up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After Kenny Pickett Trade The Browns cleared up their logjam on Monday though, trading Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders for a 2025 fifth-round pick, seemingly leaving Gabriel and Sanders to battle for the team's backup job behind Flacco. —Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

Malin Akerman is clearing up a major mystery surrounding her viral wig on The Hunting Wives, Netflix's wildly popular murder mystery set in a fictional far-right Texas town. —EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025

Within weeks of using this lightweight, non-greasy formula, my skin began to clear up and feel calmer. —Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025

Signs of the times If the red markings are hard to get handle on, new signs along the side of Main Street should help clear up confusion. —Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for clear up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup