- "Cleaning up after you" in your life, such as dealing with the consequences of your actions, accepting responsibility for your decisions, or repairing relationships after you've been hurtful towards someone
- Cleaning up after others, such as fixing a problem they have created or taking on responsibilities they have neglected
- Letting someone or something else clean up problems or messes, as an automatic dishwasher replaces the clean-up work a person would otherwise have to do
A broken dishwasher might mean that you have an opportunity to "repair" or improve this aspect of your life.