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Definition of Clear out

1. Verb. Move out and leave nothing behind.

2. Verb. Clear out the chest and lungs. "This drug expectorates quickly"

3. Verb. Empty completely. "We cleaned out all the drawers"

Definition of Clear out

1. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) to completely empty ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) to leave quickly ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) to become empty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clear Out

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clear layer of epidermis clear liquid diet clear off clear one's lines clear one's throat clear out (current term) clear round clear sailing clear someone's name clear the air

clear the decks clear the throat clear title clear up clear view screen clearable clearage clearages clearance clearance hole

Literary usage of Clear out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"Harper's Monthly, August, You'll have to clear out, and that pretty quick or I'll be after you with a sharp stick. 1885. Truth, J8 May, 1847. ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"clear out. To decamp. On a table some types stood alone ; I thought I'd see if they'd ... [They] persecuted me so far, that I was compelled to clear out. ..."

3. Among the Cotton Thieves by Edward Bacon (1867)
"clear out, sir, or I will have you executed ignominiously." CHAPTER VIII. Dwight gets an Idea ; Night Performances ; Views from the Rifle Pits. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... to clear out from a house, to make it empty, to quit, to keep away from a place. Anno H. VII, it was enacted that all Scots dwelling within England and ..."

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