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Clean out

verb, slang

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

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

  2. 2
    empty completely wordnet
  3. 3
    To take all money or possessions from. slang, transitive

    "The divorce cleaned him out."

  4. 4
    deprive completely of money or goods wordnet
  5. 5
    To hit or strike (someone); to beat up. dated, slang, transitive

    "could have cleaned him out with an uppercut to the side of his head."

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  1. 6
    to eject from somewhere wordnet
  2. 7
    To defeat, to cause to wash out.

    "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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