clean plate



clean (up) one's plate

to eat all the food on one's plate. You have to clean up your plate before you can leave the table. Mom said we can't watch TV tonight unless we clean our plates.
See also: clean, plate

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fruma-Yiddish
Barclay-Scottish, English (Rare)
Gregers-Danish, Norwegian
Ghada-Arabic
Argyris-Greek
Sushila-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali