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Broke or out of cash
“I am bankrupt, broke, and cleaned out, 'cause you took all my dough.”
Past tense for to unblock, typically by flushing or cleaning
“Avoid allowing water to be mixed with gasoline, and never attempt to clean out the pipes with water or oil.”
Past tense for to impoverish or financially ruin
“I swear that woman and her mother are going to clean him out.”
Past tense for to disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals
Past tense for to remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
Past tense for to clean and service (a car), as a valet does
Past tense for to empty a place or container
(informal) Past tense for to rob a place by ransacking it
Past tense for to make bare by completely removing (everything)
Past tense for to carry out spring-cleaning on (a room, a house, etc)
Past tense for to clear or free by removing blockages
Past tense for to finish or use up a resource
(of food) Past tense for to consume or get through the final amount or portion of
Past tense for to plunder or completely remove the contents of, typically nefariously
Past tense for to make drastic changes to
Past tense for to remove the innards of
Past tense for to completely destroy or devastate
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