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verb

• to eat all the food on one's plate.

  You can't have any desert until you clean your plate.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to eat, drink.

  Last edited on Oct 21 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 21 2011.

adjective

• completely without.

  I want to bake a cake, but I am clean out of eggs.

  Customer: Can I get an egg salad sandwich?
  
  Cashier: Sorry, we're clean out.

  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on May 21 2012.

verb - transitive

• to take all of a person's money.

  The Ponzi scheme I invested in cleaned me out.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to steal.

  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

• to take all of the money from a financial account.

                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Jeu Monegasque", Archer (TV), Season 2 Episode 11 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 08 2011.

verb

• to look attractive. Always used to refer to someone who doesn't usually appear attractive, but becomes attractive when they make an effort, e.g. by dressing nicely, putting on makeup, etc.

  She's dressed in sweatpants now, but boy can she clean up good!

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  Last edited on Dec 07 2002. Submitted by Gil C from Chicago, IL, USA on Dec 07 2002.

verb

• variation of "clean up good".

  Person 1: I was surprised; he looks good in a suit.
  
  Person 2: Yeah, he cleans up nicely.

  We clean up nicely.

  He sure cleans up nicely in a suit.

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  Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Denise G. from Silver Spring, MD, USA on Feb 09 2003.