clean out
clean out {v.}
1. {slang}
To take everything from; empty; strip.
George's friends cleaned him out when they were playing cards last night.
The sudden demand for paper plates soon cleaned out the stores.
2. {informal}
To get rid of; remove; dismiss.
The new mayor promised to clean the crooks out of the city government.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms