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cleaned out

cleaned out is the simple past and past participle of clean out.

Meaning of clean out

Verb

clean out (third-person singular simple present cleans out, present participle cleaning out, simple past and past participle cleaned out)

  1. (transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
    • Clean out your purse and at least get rid of all the trash you're hauling around.
  2. (slang, transitive) To take all money or possessions from.
    • The divorce cleaned him out.
  3. (dated, slang, transitive) To hit or strike (someone); to beat up.
    • could have cleaned him out with an uppercut to the side of his head.2000, Antonia Logue, Shadow-Box
  4. To defeat, to cause to wash out.
    • Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him.2024 March 10, David Hytner, “Doku involved at both ends as Liverpool and Manchester City share spoils”, in The Guardian

Questions about cleaned out

What is cleaned out the simple past and past participle of?
Cleaned out is the simple past and past participle of clean out.

Words near cleaned out in the dictionary

  1. cleaned and jerked
  2. cleaned down
  3. cleaned house
  4. cleaned off
  5. cleaned one's plate
  6. cleaned out
  7. cleaned someone's clock
  8. cleaned up
  9. cleaned up after
  10. cleaned up one's act
  11. cleaned up one's plate

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