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clean out

verb

  1. foll byof or from to remove (something) (from or away from)
  2. slang.
    to leave (someone) with no money

    gambling had cleaned him out

  3. informal.
    to exhaust (stocks, goods, etc) completely
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"I felt pretty good. Anytime you can keep a card clean out here, it's a really good thing," Scheffler said.

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When someone asked me how I was, I’d answer, “I’m cleaning out my closet.”

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“The priority for authorities should be to clean out places where people are coming back,” he said.

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She wears gloves only when she uses degreasers, which can be corrosive but are necessary to really clean out an especially soiled pot or pan.

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He had managed to swoop from his cage when the keeper who cleaned out the enclosure was a little lax in ensuring he'd closed the door properly.

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