"clean out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-clean out.ogg [Australia] Forms: cleans out [present, singular, third-person], cleaning out [participle, present], cleaned out [participle, past], cleaned out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clean out (third-person singular simple present cleans out, present participle cleaning out, simple past and past participle cleaned out)
  1. (transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-clean_out-en-verb-U1XoDSrR
  2. (transitive, slang) To take all money or possessions from. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: clear out, take to the cleaners Translations (Translations): puszczać z torbami [imperfective] (Polish), puścić z torbami [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-clean_out-en-verb-gKHyxTlW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 52 27 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 48 31 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 13 39 24 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 43 38 10 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 8 52 23 18
  3. (transitive, dated, slang) To hit or strike (someone); to beat up. Tags: dated, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-clean_out-en-verb-dC-wgjEe Disambiguation of Violence: 12 13 63 12 Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 43 38 10
  4. To defeat, to cause to wash out.
    Sense id: en-clean_out-en-verb-BGei7cR1 Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 43 38 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cleanout [noun]

Inflected forms

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