What is the meaning of

CLEAN OUT?

clean out s.t.

clean s.t. out

Definition:

clean the inside of something by removing the unnecessary things that are inside

Example:

• Now that the weather is warm, we want to clean out the garage this weekend. There are several things in there that we don’t need any more. We want to get rid of them.
• I need to clean my car out. We took a road trip on the weekend and now my car is full of junk.
• There is something growing in the back of our refrigerator. We need to clean it out after work tonight.

clean out s.o.

clean s.o. out

Definition:

use or take all of someone’s money

Example:

• She cleaned him out in their divorce. He will have to work until he is 80 years old!
• The stock market crash cleaned out all his savings.

Note:  Many phrasal verbs have more than one meaning.

 

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