clear out

空にする、片付ける

場所や容器の中にある物をすべて取り除く。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： clear something out (We cleared the garage out.); clear something out of something (She cleared the old clothes out of her wardrobe.)

類義語： empty, clean out

反対語： fill

よく使う表現： clear out something, clear out cupboards, clear out junk

さっさと立ち去る、逃げ去る

ある場所からさっさと立ち去る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clear out of somewhere (They cleared out of town before dawn.)

類義語： leave, get out, take off

反対語： stay

よく使う表現： clear out quickly, clear out now

無一文にする、破産させる

人のお金を全部取ったり勝ち取ったりして、一銭も残さない。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clear someone out (A bad night at the casino cleared him out.)

類義語： clean out, ruin, bankrupt

よく使う表現： clear out someone, clear out gamblers

立ち退かせる、追い出す

人々を場所から出す。力ずくで追い出す場合もある。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clear someone out of somewhere (The guards cleared everyone out of the hall.)

類義語： remove, eject, evacuate

よく使う表現： clear out protesters, clear out someone

金品を根こそぎ盗む、身ぐるみを剥ぐ

人のお金や貴重品を全部、またはほとんど盗む。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： clear someone out (The burglars cleared us out while we were away.)

類義語： rob, clean out

よく使う表現： clear out someone, clear out victims

人がいなくなる、空になる

人々が立ち去って、場所が空になる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： empty, empty out

反対語： fill up

よく使う表現： clear out completely, clear out gradually