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Definition of Clean out
1. Verb. Empty completely. "We cleaned out all the drawers"
2. Verb. Force out. "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
3. Verb. Deprive completely of money or goods. "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours"
Definition of Clean out
1. Verb. (transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clean Out
Literary usage of Clean out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"The indictments (for obstructing water courses, neglecting to clean out ditches,
&c.) are laid before a jury, whose names are duly recorded by the steward ..."
2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"(12) clean out the gasoline tank and line, especially the strainer. (13) Clean
out engine, put in fresh oil and clean carbon—see pages 200 and 201, ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"The clean-out cover /, being located flush with the floor, is easily accessible.
The trap being under the box insures a seal when the box is cleaned out. ..."
4. A Compendium of Precedents in Conveyancing: Comprising the Forms Required in by Thomas Key (1883)
"To clean out ditches. Pay for draining. Not to alter condition of premises. ...
AND ALSO will throughout the sd term clean out at least once during every ..."
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