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Verb: clean out  kleen awt
  1. Empty completely
    "We cleaned out all the drawers";
    - clear out
     
  2. To eject from somewhere
    "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
     
  3. Deprive completely of money or goods

Derived forms: cleans out, cleaned out, cleaning out

Type of: can [N. Amer, informal], deprive, dismiss, displace, divest, empty, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe [informal], give the sack, sack, send away, strip, terminate