clean+out
21clean out — {v.} 1. {slang} To take everything from; empty; strip. * /George s friends cleaned him out when they were playing cards last night./ * /The sudden demand for paper plates soon cleaned out the stores./ 2. {informal} To get rid of; remove; dismiss …
22clean\ out — v 1. slang To take everything from; empty; strip. George s friends cleaned him out when they were playing cards last night. The sudden demand for paper plates soon cleaned out the stores. 2. informal To get rid of; remove; dismiss. The new mayor… …
23clean out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To remove the contents of: clear, empty (out), evacuate, vacate, void. See FULL. 2. Slang. To reduce to financial insolvency: bankrupt, break, bust, impoverish, pauperize, ruin. See MONEY. II verb See CLEAN …
24clean out — informal those grifters cleaned him out Syn: bankrupt, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out …
25To clean out — Clean Clean (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleaned} (kl[=e]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaning}.] [See {Clean}, a., and cf. {Cleanse}.] To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. [1913 Webster]… …
26clean out — v. empty, remove contents …
27clean out — Take everything away, usu. money (by theft) …
28clean — [klēn] adj. [ME clene < OE clæne, clean, pure < IE * ĝ(e)lēi < base * ĝel , to gleam > OIr gel, gleaming, white, OHG kleini, gleaming, bright, fine (> Ger klein, small)] 1. a) free from dirt, contamination, impurities, etc.;… …
29clean — ► ADJECTIVE 1) free from dirt, pollutants, or harmful substances. 2) morally pure: clean living. 3) not obscene. 4) attentive to personal hygiene. 5) showing or having no record of offences or crimes: a clean driving licence. 6) played or done… …
30Clean — (kl[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleaned} (kl[=e]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaning}.] [See {Clean}, a., and cf. {Cleanse}.] To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. [1913 Webster] {To clean out} …
