clean out

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verb

1. empty completely (Freq. 5)
- We cleaned out all the drawers
• Syn:
clear out
• Hypernyms:
empty
• Hyponyms:
clinker
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. force out
- The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers
• Hypernyms:
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss,
give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. deprive completely of money or goods
- The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours
• Hypernyms:
deprive, strip, divest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody