cleanout

[ kleen-out ]

noun
  1. an act of cleaning out.

  2. an opening or passage giving access to a place that requires occasional cleaning, as a soil pipe.

Origin of cleanout

1
1885–90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase clean out

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How to use cleanout in a sentence

  • I'm as darned sure as though he'd told me himself that Riel means to stamp the whole crowd of whites clean out of the land.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
  • There's some vile plot laid against Howard, but if he doesn't come clean out of it with flying colors, call me a simpleton.

  • If this is done, a Y-branch should be placed in the hub of the clean-out.

    Elements of Plumbing | Samuel Dibble
  • The Y-branch should be used for the fresh air and the run should be used for a clean-out.

    Elements of Plumbing | Samuel Dibble

British Dictionary definitions for clean out

clean out

verb(tr, adverb)
  1. (foll by of or from) to remove (something) (from or away from)

  2. slang to leave (someone) with no money: gambling had cleaned him out

  1. informal to exhaust (stocks, goods, etc) completely

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Other Idioms and Phrases with cleanout

cleanout

See clean up, def. 1.

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