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Definition of "clean out" [clean out]

  • To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. (verb)
  • To empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from. (verb)

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Use "clean out" in a sentence
  • "After a Friday morning spent sipping eighty ounces of a medicinal concoction called Go Lightly, which is designed to clean out your system prior to certain procedures and which does so with a vengeance, I went to Bethesda on Friday afternoon expecting to leave the following day—but my plans had to be changed."
  • "Doing it on the kitchen floor was great when you first met, but when you are trying to make toast, resynch your BlackBerry, and clean out the week-old cat litter box, its just not going to happen."
  • "Amma had gotten Seema to let them clean out the adjacent room to make room for Abbu, and Isha and Mateen made a game every night of choosing which room to sleep in."