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clear out

verb
  1. To completely empty. (transitive) · We had to clear out the attic so the guest could sleep there.· Clear out your e-mail inbox to make more space.
  2. To rob or steal from (someone). (transitive) · Kelly disappeared last night, and she cleared me out.
  3. To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone). (transitive) · I don't have any money, Betty cleared me out.
  4. to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly. (transitive) · The police cleared the crowd out of the street to investigate the accident.· We need to get the trees cleared out the way before anything can drive down this path.
  5. To leave quickly. (intransitive) · They cleared out as soon as the cops arrived.
  6. To become empty. (intransitive) · The town is packed in the summer, but clears out in the winter.
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Gilbert Blythe spelled her down in class and left her clear out of sight in mental arithmetic.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 147 · C1
After the bridge was up—my mind was always more restful when that bridge was up in the evenings—I put the thing clear out of my head.
The Valley of Fear, p. 96 · C1
Marilla had something to tell Anne, but she did not tell it just then for she knew if she did Anne’s consequent excitement would lift her clear out of the region of such material matters as appetite or dinner.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 140 · C1

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