clean out

Questions about clean out

What does clean out mean?

clean out means "empty completely". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for clean out?

Close synonyms include clear out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clean out a common word?

clean out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.