clean someone out
1clean 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 …
2clean 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.) □… …
3clean someone out — (informal) BANKRUPT, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out. → clean * * * informal use up or take all someone s money they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table …
4clean someone out — informal use up or take all someone s money. → clean …
5clean 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… …
6clean 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… …
7clean 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 …
8clean — 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… …
9clean out — verb 1. empty completely (Freq. 5) We cleaned out all the drawers • Syn: ↑clear out • Hypernyms: ↑empty • Hyponyms: ↑clinker …
10clean — 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》… …
