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clean definition


  1. mod.
    not using drugs; not involved with drugs. : I've been clean for more than a month now.
  2. mod.
    sober; not intoxicated with drugs at the moment. (Almost the same as sense 1.) : Just being clean for a day is an accomplishment.
  3. mod.
    not breaking any law. (Police and underworld.) : I'm clean, officer. You can't charge me with anything.
  4. mod.
    not carrying a weapon. (Police and underworld.) : I frisked him. He's clean.
  5. mod.
    well-dressed. : Now there's a clean dude!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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clean (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to get all of someone's money. (See also cleaned out.) : The bill for supper cleaned me out, and we couldn't go to the flick.
  2. tv.
    to empty someone's bowels. (See also cleaned out.) : That medicine I took really cleaned me out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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clean

In addition to the idioms beginning with clean, also see come clean; have a clear (clean) conscience; keep one's nose clean; make a clean breast of; make a clean sweep; new broom sweeps clean; take to the cleaners; wipe the slate clean.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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