clean your plate

clean your plate
clean your plate
: to eat all the food on your plate

The children were not allowed to have dessert until they had cleaned their plates.

usage see ↑cleanse
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Main Entry:clean
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clean your plate — see clean, 2
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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