clean me out

clean me out
buy all I have, steal everything I own
  

The thieves cleaned us out. They took everything in our house.


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  • clean someone out — clean (someone) out to take everything from someone. Thieves took my bank card and absolutely cleaned me out. I d offer you something to eat, but Sean was here last night and he cleaned us out …   New idioms dictionary

  • clean sb out — Ⅰ. UK US clean sb/sth out Phrasal Verb with clean({{}}/kliːn/ verb ► INFORMAL to take or spend all of someone s or something s money: »When dotcom companies collapsed, many investors were cleaned out. »Identity thieves cleaned out customer… …   Financial and business terms

  • clean sth out — Ⅰ. UK US clean sb/sth out Phrasal Verb with clean({{}}/kliːn/ verb ► INFORMAL to take or spend all of someone s or something s money: »When dotcom companies collapsed, many investors were cleaned out. »Identity thieves cleaned out customer… …   Financial and business terms

  • clean someone out — 1. tv. to get all of omeone’s money. (See also cleaned out.) □ The bill for supper cleaned me out, and we couldn’t go to the flick. CD The robbers cleaned out everybody on the train. 2. tv. to empty someone’s bowels. (See also cleaned out.) □… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • clean someone out — (informal) BANKRUPT, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out. → clean * * * informal use up or take all someone s money they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table …   Useful english dictionary

  • ˌclean sth ˈout — phrasal verb to make a place clean or tidy by removing things that are not wanted and by getting rid of dirt They spent the day cleaning out the garage.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • clean someone out — informal use up or take all someone s money. → clean …   English new terms dictionary

  • clean something out — strip a place of and steal all its contents. → clean …   English new terms dictionary

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