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  • 41clean — 1 /kli:n/ adjective 1 WITHOUT DIRT without any dirt or marks: Are your hands clean? | a clean towel | sweep/scrub etc sth clean: Wipe that sink clean when you re done. | clean and tidy/neat: Try to keep your room clean and tidy. | spotlessly… …

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  • 42clean — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Clean is used after these nouns: ↑spring {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ effectively, well ▪ This product cleans baths very effectively. ▪ easily …

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  • 43clean — /klin / (say kleen) adjective 1. free from dirt or filth; unsoiled; unstained. 2. a. free from foreign or extraneous matter: the wool was sold at $4.27 a kilogram clean. b. free of radioactivity: to enter a clean room. 3. free from defect or… …

  • 44Clean Air Act — A Clean Air Act is one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of airborne contaminants, smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human… …

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  • 45Clean sweep (naval) — A broom on the USS Wahoo, Pearl Harbor, 1943 A clean sweep for a naval vessel refers to having swept the enemy from the seas, a completely successful mission. It is traditionally indicated by hanging a broom from a mast or lashing it to the… …

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  • 46Clean Air Act 1956 — The Clean Air Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in response to London s Great Smog of 1952. It was in effect until 1964, and sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in England and the Department… …

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  • 47Clean Air Conservancy — The Clean Air Conservancy is a United States non profit charity devoted to protecting our planet’s clean air and slowing the pace of climate change by actively participating in pollution markets and participating in emissions trading. The Clean… …

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  • 48clean sth up — UK US clean sth up Phrasal Verb with clean({{}}/kliːn/ verb ► INFORMAL to stop illegal and dishonest activity in a company, system, etc.: »Last week the Government announced plans to clean up the mortgage industry. »After the scandal, a team of… …

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  • 49clean slate — {n. phr.} A record of nothing but good conduct, without any errors or bad deeds; past acts that are all good without any bad ones. * /Johnny was sent to the principal for whispering. He had a clean slate so the principal did not punish him./ *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50clean slate — {n. phr.} A record of nothing but good conduct, without any errors or bad deeds; past acts that are all good without any bad ones. * /Johnny was sent to the principal for whispering. He had a clean slate so the principal did not punish him./ *… …

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