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
ˌclean (sth) ˈup — phrasal verb to make a place completely clean and tidy Let s start getting this place cleaned up.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ˌclean sth ˈup — phrasal verb 1) to remove pollution from a place or an industrial process 2) to stop bad or criminal behaviour in a place or activity Does the government have plans to clean up the banking system?[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ˌclean sth ˈout — phrasal verb to make a place clean or tidy by removing things that are not wanted and by getting rid of dirt They spent the day cleaning out the garage.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
clean something off something — ˈclean sth off/from sth | ˌclean sthˈoff derived to remove sth from sth by brushing, rubbing, etc • I cleaned the mud off my shoes. Main entry: ↑cleanderived … Useful english dictionary
clean something from something — ˈclean sth off/from sth | ˌclean sthˈoff derived to remove sth from sth by brushing, rubbing, etc • I cleaned the mud off my shoes. Main entry: ↑cleanderived … Useful english dictionary
clean something off — ˈclean sth off/from sth | ˌclean sthˈoff derived to remove sth from sth by brushing, rubbing, etc • I cleaned the mud off my shoes. Main entry: ↑cleanderived … Useful english dictionary
clean something down — ˌclean sthˈdown derived to clean sth thoroughly • All the equipment should be cleaned down regularly. Main entry: ↑cleanderived … Useful english dictionary
clean — clean1 W2 [kli:n] adj comparative cleaner superlative cleanest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not dirty)¦ 2¦(people/animals)¦ 3¦(environment)¦ 4¦(fair or legal)¦ 5¦(not offensive)¦ 6 come clean 7 make a clean breast of it … Dictionary of contemporary English
clean*/*/*/ — [kliːn] adj I 1) not dirty or polluted Go and put on a clean shirt.[/ex] the clean country air[/ex] Tom had scrubbed the floor clean.[/ex] I like to keep the place clean and tidy.[/ex] Everything in the house was spotlessly clean (= extremely… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
