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cleanup definition

clean·up (klēn′up′)

noun

  1. the act of cleaning up
  2. ☆ elimination of crime, vice, graft, etc.
  3. ☆ Slang profit; gain

adjective

Baseball designating the fourth batter in a team's lineup: so positioned because regarded as most likely to drive in runners on base

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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