to leave a place quickly and often permanently
to make a place or container clean or tidy by removing things that are not wanted and getting rid of any dirt or dust in it
to remove things that are not wanted from a place or container in order to make it tidy
used for telling someone rudely to leave a room or building
And when the littler kids clear out, the teenagers slip in for a bit of illicit love beneath the stars.
He told them that he was in the middle of an operation, and that the clear-out of police cells had caught him on the hop.
I sometimes feel like clearing out of here altogether.
I tried to picture Marianne going back to clear out the bedsit.
Isn’t it about time you cleared out some of your junk?
It would give the gunships fifteen minutes to clear out any opposition to the rescue attempt.
I’m going to clear out the cupboards tomorrow.
Just clear out!
Kate shivered; she had been trying to put the whole thing clear out of her mind.
She had letters to write before she left home, and the garden needed a good clear-out.
There'll be a proper clear-out in here when the old man goes, he thought.
clears out
clearing out
cleared out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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