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clear out
verb
informal(intr) to go away: often used imperatively
(tr) to remove and sort the contents of (a room, container, etc)
slang(tr) to leave (someone) with no money
slang(tr) to exhaust (stocks, goods, etc) completely
(tr) to get rid of (employees, players, etc, that are no longer required)
noun
the act or an instance of clearing out
Idioms and Phrases
Also, . Remove the contents, take something or someone away, as in I'll clear out this closet so you can use it , or Let me clear away these things , or Please clear off the table . The first phrase dates from the mid-1600s, the second from the mid-1700s, and the third from the early 1700s. Sometimes away and out are omitted, as in Let me clear these things , or Please clear the table . Also see clean up , def. 1.
Depart suddenly or run away, as in We cleared out before our landlord could stop us . [Early 1800s]
Drive or force out, as in The police cleared out the restaurant in no time . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
That’s why Wright stresses clearing out Zone 0, since it’s the quickest, cheapest way to make sure that if a fire comes to your door, you’re not fueling it.
The coastal areas will continue to see May gray in the morning and patchy fog that clears out in the afternoon, keeping temperatures fairly mild for the next two days.
Reichardt, herself the daughter of law enforcement, is more interested in the aftermath: hypnotically awkward kitchen conversations with disappointed family members who won’t lend him any more money and would rather he just clear out.
As authorities cleared out his neighborhood this weekend for an extensive search, neighbors interviewed by The Times said they did not know him.
“They delayed from the outset,” Davis told me when I met with her and her husband, Mike Noll, at their Sierra Madre home, which is still having contaminants cleared out.
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