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diff --git a/botcore/utils/commands.py b/botcore/utils/commands.py
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+from typing import Optional
+
+from discord import Message
+from discord.ext.commands import Context, clean_content
+
+
+async def clean_text_or_reply(ctx: Context, text: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Returns cleaned version of `text`, if given, else referenced message, if found, else `None`."""
+    clean_content_converter = clean_content(fix_channel_mentions=True)
+
+    if text:
+        return await clean_content_converter.convert(ctx, text)
+
+    if (
+        (replied_message := getattr(ctx.message.reference, "resolved", None))  # message has a cached reference
+        and isinstance(replied_message, Message)  # referenced message hasn't been deleted
+    ):
+        return await clean_content_converter.convert(ctx, ctx.message.reference.resolved.content)
+
+    # No text provided, and either no message was referenced or we can't access the content
+    return None