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Clear things up
Answer for the clue "Clear things up ", 9 letters:
demystify
Word definitions for demystify in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about" [ant: mystify ] [also: demystified ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1963; see de- + mystify . Related: Demystified ; demystifying .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The course seeks to demystify the loan application process for people buying a home for the first time. ▪ The pamphlet demystifies the mortgage process. ▪ This new book demystifies some of the computer language currently ...
Usage examples of demystify.
Moonlight edged the wavelets with silver, and among those gleams it seemed he could see reflected the broken curve of his life: a kid living for Christmas, drawing pictures, receiving praise, growing up mindless to high school, sex, and drugs, growing beyond that, beginning to draw pictures again, and then, right where you might expect the curve to assume a more meaningful shape, it was sheared off, left hanging, its process demystified and explicable.
The constables saw our EPA sigils and demystified a stretch of tape so we could cross the line.
Still, by inviting them into their city, by trading with them, working with them, and learning how they lived, the Riverens demystified the Haladina.
They hacked at it, bringing it down to size, demystifying it, bit by bit, until much of its horror was dissipated.