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Clean your plate
Encouraging children to eat everything
Literal Meaning
To remove dirt or food residues from a dish, making it free of any items left behind
Actual Meaning
Finish all the food on your plate
Examples in Context

Parent: 'Clean your plate.' (Translation: Finish your food)

Helpful Tips
  • 1Traditional expectation
  • 2May not be healthy approach
  • 3Food waste concern
Phrase Thesaurus
Similar words and synonyms for this phrase
finish your meal
eat it all
clear your dish
have a clean slate
no leftovers
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