clear out

vider, débarrasser

Retirer tout ce qui se trouve dans un lieu ou un récipient.

En anglais simple : To remove everything from a place or container.

• Let’s clear out this cupboard.
• We cleared the attic out last weekend.
• Have you cleared out all the old files?

Comment l'utiliser : clear something out (We cleared the garage out.); clear something out of something (She cleared the old clothes out of her wardrobe.)

Synonymes : empty, clean out

Contraires : fill

Expressions courantes : clear out something, clear out cupboards, clear out junk

déguerpir, filer

Quitter rapidement un endroit.

En anglais simple : To leave a place quickly.

• Clear out of my room!
• We cleared out when the fighting started.
• They had already cleared out by the time police arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : clear out of somewhere (They cleared out of town before dawn.)

Synonymes : leave, get out, take off

Contraires : stay

Expressions courantes : clear out quickly, clear out now

ruiner, mettre à sec

Prendre ou gagner tout l’argent de quelqu’un, sans rien lui laisser.

En anglais simple : To take or win all someone’s money, leaving them with none.

• One poker game cleared me out.
• She cleared him out at cards last night.
• Those huge legal fees have completely cleared us out.

Comment l'utiliser : clear someone out (A bad night at the casino cleared him out.)

Synonymes : clean out, ruin, bankrupt

Expressions courantes : clear out someone, clear out gamblers

évacuer, expulser

Faire sortir des personnes d’un lieu, parfois en utilisant la force.

En anglais simple : To remove people from a place, sometimes using force.

• The police cleared out the crowd.
• Guards cleared the protesters out of the building.
• They cleared everyone out before searching the station.

Comment l'utiliser : clear someone out of somewhere (The guards cleared everyone out of the hall.)

Synonymes : remove, eject, evacuate

Expressions courantes : clear out protesters, clear out someone

dévaliser, dépouiller

Voler tout ou presque tout l’argent ou les objets de valeur de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To steal all or almost all of someone’s money or valuable things.

• The thieves cleared us out.
• She cleared him out and vanished with his savings.
• Burglars broke in and cleared the family out overnight.

Comment l'utiliser : clear someone out (The burglars cleared us out while we were away.)

Synonymes : rob, clean out

Expressions courantes : clear out someone, clear out victims

se vider

Devenir vide à mesure que les personnes s’en vont.

En anglais simple : To become empty as people leave.

• The room soon cleared out.
• The town clears out when the tourists leave.
• After the concert, the hall cleared out within minutes.

Synonymes : empty, empty out

Contraires : fill up

Expressions courantes : clear out completely, clear out gradually