clear-out

clear-out
UK / US noun [countable]
Word forms "clear-out":
singular clear-out plural clear-outs British
an occasion when you get rid of all the things that you have kept but do not need

We're going to have a really good clear-out.


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  • clear out — {v.} 1. To take everything out of; empty. * /When Bill was moved to another class he cleared out his desk./ 2. {informal} To leave suddenly; go away; depart. * /The cop told the boys to clear out./ * /Bob cleared out without paying his room… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • clear out — {v.} 1. To take everything out of; empty. * /When Bill was moved to another class he cleared out his desk./ 2. {informal} To leave suddenly; go away; depart. * /The cop told the boys to clear out./ * /Bob cleared out without paying his room… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • clear out — verb a) to completely empty We had to clear out the attic so the guest could sleep there. b) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly clear out your inbox to make more space …   Wiktionary

  • clear-out — noun The act of emptying something. We should give the garage a clear out to make space for the new car …   Wiktionary

  • clear out — phr verb Clear out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑rubbish, ↑underbrush …   Collocations dictionary

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  • clear out — verb Date: 1792 intransitive verb depart transitive verb to drive out or away usually forcibly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To clear out — Clear Clear (kl[=e]r), v. i. 1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; of the weather; often followed by up, off, or away. [1913 Webster] So foul a sky clears not without a storm. Shak. [1913 Webster] Advise him to stay till the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Clear — (kl[=e]r), v. i. 1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; of the weather; often followed by up, off, or away. [1913 Webster] So foul a sky clears not without a storm. Shak. [1913 Webster] Advise him to stay till the weather clears up …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clear — clearable, adj. clearness, n. /klear/, adj., clearer, clearest, adv., clearer, clearest, v., n. adj. 1. free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day. 2. transparent; pellucid: clear water …   Universalium

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