"clear out" meaning in English

See clear out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: clears out [present, singular, third-person], clearing out [participle, present], cleared out [participle, past], cleared out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clear out (third-person singular simple present clears out, present participle clearing out, simple past and past participle cleared out)
  1. (transitive) To completely empty. Tags: transitive Coordinate_terms: clean out, clear off
    Sense id: en-clear_out-en-verb-J7tr2Rp5
  2. (transitive) To rob or steal from (someone). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-clear_out-en-verb-ku~WRFYo
  3. (transitive) To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone). Tags: transitive Synonyms: clean out Coordinate_terms: wipe out
    Sense id: en-clear_out-en-verb-HmXrnCwd
  4. (transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly. Tags: transitive Coordinate_terms: clean out, clean up, mop up Translations (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly): wyrzucać [imperfective] (Polish), wyrzucić [perfective] (Polish), escombrear (english: debris, Americanism) (Spanish), despejar (Spanish), espejar [vulgar] (Spanish), clirio allan (Welsh), gyrru allan (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-clear_out-en-verb-PBbjfBSd Disambiguation of 'transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly': 1 6 2 87 2 1
  5. (intransitive) To leave quickly. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: cheese it Hypernyms: get out Coordinate_terms: run away
    Sense id: en-clear_out-en-verb-l7xtAM7W
  6. (intransitive) To become empty. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: empty out
    Sense id: en-clear_out-en-verb-3-n2WtOc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 25 6 12 5 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 7 18 9 15 8 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 19 11 12 10 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 14 7 8 6 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 25 5 6 4 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 17 12 12 9 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 16 9 9 8 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 10 18 13 13 10 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clear-out [noun], clearout [noun]

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To completely empty."
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        "(transitive) To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone)."
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        "(transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly."
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        "To leave quickly."
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        "(intransitive) To leave quickly."
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        "To become empty."
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        "(intransitive) To become empty."
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        "(transitive) To rob or steal from (someone)."
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        "(transitive) To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone)."
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        "(intransitive) To leave quickly."
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        "To become empty."
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        "(intransitive) To become empty."
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly",
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      "sense": "transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly",
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      "word": "espejar"
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    {
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly",
      "word": "clirio allan"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly",
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}

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