Meaning of clean out in English
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Verb
clean outDefinitions
1. empty completelyExamples
- « We cleaned out all the drawers »
- 2. force out
Examples
- « The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers »
- 3. deprive completely of money or goods
Examples
- « The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours »
Famous quotes
- « Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games. » Duke Snider
- « Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body. » Theodore Roosevelt