Betekenis van clean sb/sth out In het Nederlands

• 0 to use or steal all of someone's money or goods:

  • Buying our new house has completely cleaned us out.

  • Richard came home for the weekend and completely cleaned us out of food.

  • The burglars cleaned out the shop.

• 1 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 accounts at three of the bank's London branches.