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clean someone out — clean (someone) out to take everything from someone. Thieves took my bank card and absolutely cleaned me out. I d offer you something to eat, but Sean was here last night and he cleaned us out … New idioms dictionary
clean someone out — 1. tv. to get all of omeone’s money. (See also cleaned out.) □ The bill for supper cleaned me out, and we couldn’t go to the flick. CD The robbers cleaned out everybody on the train. 2. tv. to empty someone’s bowels. (See also cleaned out.) □… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
clean someone out — informal use up or take all someone s money. → clean … English new terms dictionary
clean sb out — Ⅰ. UK US clean sb/sth out Phrasal Verb with clean({{}}/kliːn/ verb ► INFORMAL to take or spend all of someone s or something s money: »When dotcom companies collapsed, many investors were cleaned out. »Identity thieves cleaned out customer… … Financial and business terms
clean sth out — Ⅰ. UK US clean sb/sth out Phrasal Verb with clean({{}}/kliːn/ verb ► INFORMAL to take or spend all of someone s or something s money: »When dotcom companies collapsed, many investors were cleaned out. »Identity thieves cleaned out customer… … Financial and business terms
clean out — clean (someone) out to take everything from someone. Thieves took my bank card and absolutely cleaned me out. I d offer you something to eat, but Sean was here last night and he cleaned us out … New idioms dictionary
clean — 1 /kli:n/ adjective 1 WITHOUT DIRT without any dirt or marks: Are your hands clean? | a clean towel | sweep/scrub etc sth clean: Wipe that sink clean when you re done. | clean and tidy/neat: Try to keep your room clean and tidy. | spotlessly… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clean out — verb 1. empty completely (Freq. 5) We cleaned out all the drawers • Syn: ↑clear out • Hypernyms: ↑empty • Hyponyms: ↑clinker … Useful english dictionary
clean — adjective 1》 free from dirt, marks, or pollutants. ↘attentive to personal hygiene. 2》 morally pure. ↘not offensive or obscene: good clean fun. ↘showing or having no record of offences or crimes. ↘done according to the rules. 3》… … English new terms dictionary
clean — clean1 [ klin ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not dirty ▸ 2 not guilty/illegal/wrong ▸ 3 smooth/regular/neat ▸ 4 light and fresh ▸ 5 without writing/errors ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) not dirty: Go and put on a clean shirt. nice clean towels spotlessly clean:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
