Definition of Clean out

1. Verb. Empty completely. "We cleaned out all the drawers"

Exact synonyms: Clear Out
Generic synonyms: Empty
Specialized synonyms: Clinker

2. Verb. Force out. "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"

3. Verb. Deprive completely of money or goods. "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours"
Generic synonyms: Deprive, Divest, Strip

Definition of Clean out

1. Verb. (transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clean Out

clean and jerk
clean as a hound's tooth
clean as a whistle
clean bill of health
clean bomb
clean bowl
clean bowled
clean bowling
clean bowls
clean coal
clean code
clean codes
clean copy
clean house
clean living
clean out
clean potato
clean room
clean sheet
clean sheets
clean shell
clean skin
clean slate
clean someone's clock
clean sweep
clean sweeps
clean up
clean up one's act
cleanabilities
cleanability

Literary usage of Clean out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"The indictments (for obstructing water courses, neglecting to clean out ditches, &c.) are laid before a jury, whose names are duly recorded by the steward ..."

2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"(12) clean out the gasoline tank and line, especially the strainer. (13) Clean out engine, put in fresh oil and clean carbon—see pages 200 and 201, ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"The clean-out cover /, being located flush with the floor, is easily accessible. The trap being under the box insures a seal when the box is cleaned out. ..."

4. A Compendium of Precedents in Conveyancing: Comprising the Forms Required in by Thomas Key (1883)
"To clean out ditches. Pay for draining. Not to alter condition of premises. ... AND ALSO will throughout the sd term clean out at least once during every ..."

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