cleanout
an act of cleaning out.
an opening or passage giving access to a place that requires occasional cleaning, as a soil pipe.
Origin of cleanout
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How to use cleanout in a sentence
But once Kanye came along, Kim had to literally clean out her closet.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture | Amy Zimmerman | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was going to break 100 on the golf course and clean out the garage.
He was there to clean out the garage, towing a small trailer behind a white closed cab pick-up truck.
Utah’s Murderer Mom Is a Monster but She’s Not the First | Steve Miller | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis daughter stole the show, whispering in his ear at times and reminding dad to “clean out the deck” tomorrow.
Our fellows were bombed clean out of their trenches, but only fell back 30 yards and dug in.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
I'm as darned sure as though he'd told me himself that Riel means to stamp the whole crowd of whites clean out of the land.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThere's some vile plot laid against Howard, but if he doesn't come clean out of it with flying colors, call me a simpleton.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousIf this is done, a Y-branch should be placed in the hub of the clean-out.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel DibbleThe Y-branch should be used for the fresh air and the run should be used for a clean-out.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel Dibble
British Dictionary definitions for clean out
(foll by of or from) to remove (something) (from or away from)
slang to leave (someone) with no money: gambling had cleaned him out
informal to exhaust (stocks, goods, etc) completely
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cleanout
See clean up, def. 1.
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