1 general:: Phrase(s): tidy something up to clean something up; to make something more orderly. • Please tidy this room up. • I’ll tidy up the kitchen later., Phrase(s): tidy up to clean up [oneself or a place]. • Please tidy up. This place is a mess. • Please tidy up. You are a mess.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs