clean up one's act

English

Verb

clean up one's act (third-person singular simple present cleans up one's act, present participle cleaning up one's act, simple past and past participle cleaned up one's act)

(idiomatic) To reform; to improve one's habits.
Someday I'm going to clean up my act and start researching more carefully.

See also

turn over a new leaf

Translations

reform

Chinese:
Mandarin: 改善自己的習慣, 改善自己的习惯 (gǎishàn zìjǐ de xíguàn), 改邪歸正 (zh), 改邪归正 (zh) (gǎixiéguīzhèng)

Finnish: parantaa tapa nsa
Russian: исправля́ться (ru) impf (ispravljátʹsja), испра́виться (ru) pf (isprávitʹsja)

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