to clean
- verb
- /klin/
- Informal
- With what money he had left after his wife cleaned him out, he indulged himself by remodeling the kitchen.
Batty just cleaned out you piece of shit.
- Batty just cleaned out you piece of shit.
Examples
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"Look here, they cleaned us out," Father Tim peered into the depths of the empty shrimp basket.
Fiction book (1999) -
They cleaned the bank and me out.
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I went, I went, I'm going to clean him out like so just so you know, be ready.
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His M.O. is to clean 'em out and take off.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm going to clean him out, him and the rest of those farmers.
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Vegas and the Super Bowl cleaned me out.
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Norton's crooked dealing allows them to clean out a bunch of rich kids in a college game.
Academic text (2003) -
I TOLD HER TO TAKE HIM FOR EVERY CENT, CLEAN HIM OUT.
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I can't believe they managed to clean me out during the poker game last night.
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After the betting frenzy, I realized they had truly cleaned me out.
Synonyms
Make someone lose all their money or possessions
Idioms
An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Remove people completely from a place or group because they are unwanted
Compounds
- Specialized
A room where people keep the air and surfaces very clean for making microchips and other sensitive equipment
- Specialized
A weightlifting move where you lift a heavy bar to your shoulders then push it above your head
- Specialized
Clear, well organized computer instructions that are easy to read and change
- Specialized
A style of building with simple straight lines and visible wood parts
- Specialized
A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips
How Broke
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clean in the phrase 'clean out' came to mean 'take everything', so to be cleaned at cards or to 'clean someone out' is to lose all your money.