Related Words for clear up

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brighten
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Verb, Verb
clarify
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Verb, Verb
clear
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Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
crystallize
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Noun, Verb
elucidate
x/xx
Verb, Verb, Adjective
enlighten
x/x
Adjective, Verb
get through
//
Phrase, Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
light up
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
mop up
//
Phrase, Verb
polish off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shed light on
///
Phrase, Verb
sort out
//
Phrase, Verb
straighten out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
obfuscate
/xx
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
obscure
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
overcast
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
straighten up
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Phrase, Verb
straighten
/x
Verb
correct
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Adjective
get straight
/x
Phrase, Verb
rectify
/xx
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
resolve
x/
Noun
right
/
Noun
liquidate
/xx
Verb
purify
/xx
Verb
refine
x/
Verb
clean
/
Adjective
declare
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Verb
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
explicate
/xx
Verb
lighten
/x
Verb
spell out
//
Phrase, Verb
clean up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
work out
//
Phrase, Verb
update
x/
Noun
simplify
/xx
Verb
articulate
x/xx
Adjective
vindicate
/xx
Verb
get across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
decipher
x/x
Verb
smooth out
//
Phrase, Verb
formulate
/xx
Verb
map out
//
Phrase, Verb
put over
//x
Phrase, Verb
get right
//
Phrase, Verb
lay out
//
Phrase, Verb
remediate
x/xx
Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
bring home
//
Phrase, Verb
settle
/x
Verb
cure
/
Noun
throw light on
///
Phrase, Verb
fine
/
Adjective
smarten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wise up
/x
Phrase, Verb
fix up
//
Phrase, Verb
actualize
/xxx
Verb
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
heal
/
Verb
present
/x
Noun
aright
xx
Adverb
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
make up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
improve
x/
Verb
even
/x
Adverb
straight
/
Adjective
hash out
//
Phrase, Verb
figure out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bear out
//
Phrase, Verb
realize
/xx
Verb
plain
/
Noun
deal with
//
Phrase, Verb
construe
x/
Verb
pure
/
Adjective
come to terms with
////
Phrase, Verb
redefine
xx/
Verb
bright
/
Adjective
adjust
x/
Verb
limber up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take
/
Verb
alight
x/
Noun
communicate
x/xx
Verb
outline
/x
Noun
account for
x//
Phrase, Verb
make sense
//
Phrase, Verb
truth
/
Noun
conceive
x/
Verb
find
/
Verb
detail
x/
Noun
sharpen
/x
Verb
broaden
/x
Verb
inform
x/
Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conciliate
x/xx
Verb
even out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
equilibrate
xx/x
Verb
think better of
//x/
Phrase, Verb
cope with
/x
Phrase, Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
absolve
x/
Verb
get over
//x
Phrase, Verb
teach
/
Verb
answer for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
translate
x/
Verb
reconcile
/xx
Verb
mature
x/
Adjective
catch up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
enunciate
x/xx
Verb
proof
/
Noun
polish
/x
Noun
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
verify
/xx
Verb
define
x/
Verb
precise
x/
Adjective
sum up
//
Phrase, Verb
mediate
/xx
Verb
sew up
//
Phrase, Verb
set out
//
Phrase, Verb
shine through
//
Phrase, Verb
better
/x
Adjective
fill up
/x
Phrase, Verb
put together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
smooth
/
Adjective
help out
//
Phrase, Verb
look
/
Noun
solve
/
Verb
take up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
sweeten
/x
Verb
justify
/xx
Verb
prove
/
Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
come up to
///
Phrase, Verb
bring to light
///
Phrase, Verb
physic
/x
Noun
disclose
x/
Verb
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
accuracy
/xxx
Noun
accurate
/xx
Adjective
acquit
x/
Verb
acutely
x/x
Adverb
ahead
x/
Adverb
all the way
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
ambiguous
x/xx
Adjective
ample
/x
Adjective
apparent
x/x
Adjective
apparently
x/xx
Adverb
appreciable
x/xx
Adjective
approve
x/
Verb
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
authorise
xxx
Verb
authorize
/xx
Verb
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
aware
x/
Adjective, Verb
axiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
benchmarking
/xx
Noun
blatant
/x
Adjective
bleached
/
Adjective
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bluntly
/x
Adverb
blur
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bring in
/x
Phrase, Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
candid
/x
Adjective, Noun
carefully
/xx
Adverb
categorical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
cent
/
Noun
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
certainly
/xx
Adverb
certainty
/xx
Noun
certificate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
certify
/xx
Verb
ching
/
Noun, Verb
claire
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Name
clare
/
Name
clarity
/xx
Noun
claro
/x
Noun
cleanse
/
Verb, Noun
cleanup
/x
Noun, Verb
clearly
/x
Adverb
cloud
/
Noun, Verb
cloudless
/x
Adjective
cloudy
/x
Adjective
clutter
/x
Noun, Verb
coherent
x/x
Adjective
coincident
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
commission
x/x
Noun, Verb
comp
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
compelling
x/x
Adjective, Noun
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
conclusive
x/x
Adjective
concrete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
confident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
confuse
x/
Verb
conscious
/x
Adjective, Noun
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
conspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
convict
/x
Verb, Noun
convinced
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Adjective
cope
/
Verb, Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crystal
/x
Noun, Adjective
crystal clear
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
crystalline
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
decidedly
x/xx
Adverb
decisive
x/x
Adjective
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
demonstrable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
deselect
xx/
Verb
diagnostic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
discernible
x/xx
Adjective
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
distinct
x/
Adjective, Verb
distinctive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
doubt
/
Noun, Verb
doubtful
/x
Adjective, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
earn
/
Verb, Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
efface
x/
Verb
eke out
//
Phrase, Verb
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
eloquent
/xx
Adjective
emphasise
/xx
Verb
emphatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
empower
x/x
Verb
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
entitle
x/x
Verb
equivocal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
erase
x/
Verb, Noun
erasure
x/x
Noun
erection
x/x
Noun
evacuate
x/xx
Verb
evident
/xx
Adjective
evidently
/xxx
Adverb
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exactly
x/x
Adverb
exam
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Noun, Verb
exonerate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
explicit
x/x
Adjective, Noun
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
exposed
x/
Adjective
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
expressly
x/x
Adverb
fact
/
Noun
fair
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb