clean out

/klin aʊt/

/klin aʊt/

Other forms: cleaned out; cleaning out; cleans out

Definitions of clean out

1. verb

   deprive completely of money or goods
   type of:

   deprive, divest, strip

   take away possessions from someone
2. verb

   empty completely
   “We cleaned out all the drawers”

   synonyms: clear out

   types:

   clinker

   clear out the cinders and clinker from

   type of:

   empty

   make void or empty of contents
3. verb

   force out
   “The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers”

   type of:

   can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate

   terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position