clear out

VERB
  1. move out and leave nothing behind
  2. empty completely
    We cleaned out all the drawers
  3. clear out the chest and lungs
    This drug expectorates quickly
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How To Use clear out In A Sentence

  • Adding new homes to an existing neighbourhood is the best rebuttal to any scheme to clear out houses and build a high-rise.
  • We also rebooted between test iterations to clear out disk and memory caches.
  • On Jupiter, it blows material clear out of the atmosphere but is nevertheless a mere pinprick to the giant planet.
  • It was found by a man while he was helping his elderly mother to clear out her belongings after the death of his father. Times, Sunday Times
  • My landlord's given me a week to clear out of my flat.
  • I tell her that long warm showers or a humidifier can sometimes make breathing a little easier and help to clear out her sinuses and that she can take a decongestant if the runny nose is really bothering her, but to be careful because many of those medicines can make you drowsy. Between Expectations
  • I tried to picture Marianne going back to clear out the bedsit. THE EXECUTION
  • Doesn't Clement get things given him?" said I. "Oh, he has plenty of plants," said Eleanor, "but then he's always making great plans about his garden; and the first step toward his improvements is always to clear out all the old things, and make what he calls 'a clean sweep of the rubbish. ' Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
  • Contrast medium appears opaque on X-ray film, providing a clear outline of structures such as your digestive tract or blood vessels.
  • Clear out gutters, reseal windows and touch up paintwork. The Sun
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