clean sb/sth out
informal— phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb
to use or steal all of someone's money or goods:
Buying our new house has completely cleaned us out.
Richard came home for the weekend and completely cleaned us out of food.
The burglars cleaned out the shop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- make off with sth
- mug
- relieve
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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