tidy
adjective
neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress.
have tidied
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present perfectof tidy.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
You may have tidied your desk, but have you cleaned up all that loose data on your laptop?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2018
Stat attack: Swansea are the second lowest scorers in the Premier League, but have tidied up defensively in recent weeks - keeping three straight clean sheets.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2015
In three centuries of academic grubbing, scholars have tidied up and clarified William Shakespeare's manuscripts, making archaic words intelligible to the ordinary reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
When you have tidied all things for the night, And while your thoughts are fading to their sleep, You'll pause a moment in the late firelight, Too sorrowful to weep.
From Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
