CLEANS (OFF) Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

cleans (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of clean (off)

as in straightens (up)

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turns out

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And the finger turns out to be a rather good place to put them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
But when her character — saucy British writer Constance Clavinger — turns out to be a handful (getting drunk at the airport bar, for starters), Homer struggles to get her to the school on time.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

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