clear out

Questions about clear out

What does clear out mean?

clear out means "move out and leave nothing behind". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for clear out?

Close synonyms include expectorate, drive out, clean 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 clear out a common word?

clear 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.