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clean up act
clean up your act
to improve your behavior He used to drink a lot, but he seems to have cleaned up his act.
clean up your act
(informal) to stop doing things that other people do not approve of and start to behave in a more acceptable way There's a very strong anti-press feeling at the moment. A lot of people think it's time they cleaned up their act.
clean up (one's) act
Slang To improve one's behavior or performance.