clean up vs scatter

clean up

verb
  • To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. 

  • To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. 

  • To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner. 

  • To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such. 

scatter

verb
  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. 

  • To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. 

  • Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks. 

  • To deflect (radiation or particles). 

  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. 

  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. 

  • To be dispersed upon. 

noun
  • The act of scattering or dispersing. 

  • A collection of dispersed objects. 

How often have the words clean up and scatter occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )