clean sth out
— phrasal verb with clean uk/kliːn/us/kliːn/verb
C2 to take everything out of a room, car, container, etc. and clean the inside of it:
I found these photos while I was cleaning out my cupboards.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- mop
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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