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

This loosening of dirt and excess oil allows for pimples and cystic acne to rise to the most surface level of the skin, encouraging a whitehead that'll take less time to clear up. —Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Feb. 2025

Its next-generation chip platform Blackwell is slow being installed in data centers, and the Chinese situation is not cleared up — both DeepSeek and U.S. export controls on AI chips — though CEO Jensen Huang was at the White House a few weeks ago meeting with President Donald Trump. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025

After a two-day course of ivermectin, the teen's rash cleared up. —Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025

The gym owners edited the caption after the post went viral and Cox is now clearing up the confusion. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for clear up

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