clear up
verb
- become/make clear, clean, becoming, making clean or clear
Wiktionary
verb
- To clarify, to correct a misconception.
- To depart or disappear.
“All of their symptoms cleared up after the mold was removed.”
- To become free of certain blemishes.
“With the new cleanser, his skin cleared up in two weeks.”
“His lung X-rays cleared up after they moved to Arizona.”
- Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm.
“Advise him to stay a little longer till the weather clears up.”
- To clean up.
“Accepting that incidents will always happen, what then matters is how quickly we can clear up the mess, something British Rail was better at. [...] I would turn up as quickly as possible in the on-call Hillman Avenger and assess how quickly we could clear up.”
- To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn.