clear up

clear up

Verb

1. to put (a place or thing that is disordered) in order

2. to explain or solve (a mystery or misunderstanding)

3. (of an illness) to become better

4. (of the weather) to become brighter

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	clear up - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" clarify, elucidate demystify - make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about" crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, sort out, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, enlighten, straighten out, clear up, clear - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, flesh out, exposit, enlarge, expand - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" disambiguate - state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from; "Can you disambiguate this statement?"
	2.	clear up - finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" finish off, finish up, get through, polish off, wrap up, mop up complete, finish - come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" cap off - finish or complete, as with some decisive action; "he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal"
	3.	clear up - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat" clear remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
	4.	clear up - become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" brighten, clear, light up cloud, overcast - make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
	5.	clear up - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, sort out, illuminate, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, straighten out, clear clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"