What Is Redd up Mean?

Filters. (dialect, chiefly US, Western Pennsylvania) To clean up, especially a room.

What does the expression redd up mean?

Phrasal Verb:

redd up. To tidy: redded up the front room. [Middle English dialectal redden, variant (probably influenced by Middle English redden, to free (from an encumbrance), rescue) of Middle English riddan, to clear (an area, a way), clear out; see rid.]

What is Red up your room?

Other phrases like “red up your room” for clean up your room, come from Scottish slang for “readying up,” meaning to tidy up. Most Pittsburghers don't even realize this phrase is uncommon in other regions. Pittsburghese comes from convenience, according to Wadsworth.