Clean up your mess.

Meaning: This means to ask someone to tidy up or organize something that is messy. It's like saying, Please make it neat and tidy.

Choice of Words: Clean is a verb that means to make something free from dirt, stains, or untidiness. Up is an adverb that means to a higher position or level. Mess is a noun that refers to a state of untidiness or disorder. When you put them together, "Clean up your mess" means to tidy up or organize something that is messy.

Alternative Expressions

Tidy up your things.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the first one, it tells you to tidy up and put away the things that you have left lying around.

Choice of Words: Tidy means to make something neat and organized. Up suggests that the things are on the floor or at a lower level. Things refers to the items that need to be organized. Together, "Tidy up your things" means to make the things neat and organized.

Put away your belongings.

Meaning: This sentence is a bit more specific than the first two, it tells you to put away the things that you have left lying around and put them in their proper place.

Choice of Words: Put means to place something somewhere. Away suggests that the things need to be moved to a different location. Belongings refers to the items that need to be put away. Together, "Put away your belongings" means to move the items to a different location where they belong.

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