clean up act
clean up (one's) act
To improve one's behavior. After I got in yet another fight at school, the headmaster told me that I had to clean up my act or else I'd be expelled.
See also: act, clean, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
clean up (one's) act
Slang To improve one's behavior or performance.
See also: act, clean, up
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- clean (one's) act up
- clean act up
- clean one’s act up
- clean up (one's) act
- clean up your act
- change (one's) ways
- change your ways
- mend (one's) ways
- mend one's ways
- mend your ways