Dictionary

clear out en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To completely empty.
   • Clear out your e-mail inbox to make more space.
   • We had to clear out the attic so the guest could sleep there.
2. (transitive) To rob or steal from (someone).
   • Kelly disappeared last night, and she cleared me out.
3. (transitive) To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone).
   • I don't have any money, Betty cleared me out.
4. (transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly.
   • The police cleared the crowd out of the street to investigate the accident.
   • We need to get the trees cleared out the way before anything can drive down this path.
5. (intransitive) To leave quickly.
   • They cleared out as soon as the cops arrived.
6. (intransitive) To become empty.
   • The town is packed in the summer, but clears out in the winter.

Forms

Coordinates

run away · wipe out · mop up · clean up · clean out · clean out · clear off

Deriveds

clear-out · clearout

Hypernyms

get out

Synonyms

clear off · clean out · clear away · empty out · cheese it

Translations (7)

es despejar (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly) · es escombrear (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly) · pl wyrzucać (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly) · cy gyrru allan (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly) · cy clirio allan (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly) · es espejar (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly) · pl wyrzucić (transitive: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly)