WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
Verbes à particule
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| clean [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (place: clean) | nettoyer⇒ vtr |
| | Jack cleaned out the stables and fed the horses. |
| clean [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (place: empty) | ranger⇒, vider⇒ vtr |
| | If you don't clean out the garage soon I won't be able to park my car. |
| | Si tu ne ranges (or: vides) pas le garage rapidement, je ne pourrai plus garer ma voiture. |
| clean [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (items: clear) | débarrasser⇒ vtr |
| | I cleaned out all the children's old toys and gave them to charity. |
| | J'ai débarrassé tous les anciens jouets des enfants et je les ai donnés à une association. |
| clean [sb/sth] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (take all money) (une personne) | mettre [qqn] sur la paille, mettre [qqn] à sec loc v |
| | Their business failed and cleaned them out. |
| | Leur entreprise a fait faillite et les a mis sur la paille. |
| clean [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (win all of [sb]'s money) (figuré, familier, jeu : une personne) | plumer⇒, lessiver⇒ vtr |
| | The blackjack tables cleaned me out. |
| | Je me suis fait plumer (or: lessiver) au blackjack. |