From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear up
v 1: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery
surrounding her death" [syn: {clarify}, {clear up},
{elucidate}] [ant: {obfuscate}]
2: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this
homework assignment" [syn: {get through}, {wrap up}, {finish
off}, {mop up}, {polish off}, {clear up}, {finish up}]
3: free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the
throat" [syn: {clear}, {clear up}]
4: become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: {clear
up}, {clear}, {light up}, {brighten}] [ant: {cloud},
{overcast}]
5: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you
clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at
fault" [syn: {clear}, {clear up}, {shed light on},
{crystallize}, {crystallise}, {crystalize}, {crystalise},
{straighten out}, {sort out}, {enlighten}, {illuminate},
{elucidate}]
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