clear up vs muck

clear up

verb
  • To depart or disappear. 

  • To clarify, to correct a misconception. 

  • To clean up. 

  • To become free of certain blemishes. 

  • Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm. 

  • To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn. 

muck

verb
  • To manure with muck. 

  • To shovel muck. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To do a dirty job. 

  • To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed. 

noun
  • Heroin. 

  • Semen. 

  • Soft (or slimy) manure. 

  • The pile of discarded cards. 

  • Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty. 

  • Grub, slop, swill 

  • Slimy mud, sludge. 

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