Meaning of clean out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
   transitive
2. To take all money or possessions from.
   slang, transitive
3. To hit or strike (someone); to beat up.
   dated, slang, transitive
4. To defeat, to cause to wash out.

Equivalents

Examples

“Clean⟳ out your purse and at least get⟳ rid⟳ of all the trash you're hauling around.”

“As soon as they have⟳ been pumped dry they are thoroughly cleaned out with high pressure hoses to prepare⟳ them for the next load⟳.”

“The divorce cleaned him out.”

“Well, looks like⟳ you just about cleaned everybody out, fella. You haven't lost a hand since you lost the deal⟳.”

“could have⟳ cleaned him out with an uppercut to the side of his head.”

“Liverpool needed a break⟳ and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass⟳. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt⟳ to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal⟳ in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him.”

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