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Needs Cleaned

Grammar Grammar / regional

Meaning

What it means

A regional construction meaning “needs to be cleaned.”

Needs cleaned follows the same Pittsburgh/Western PA grammar pattern as needs fixed and needs washed.

Usage

Use it like this

“The kitchen needs cleaned.”
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