clears out

Leaves in haste

Clears out means to empty a space by removing its contents: We cleared out the garage over the weekend.

It also means to leave abruptly or completely: The bar cleared out when the fight started.

To clear someone out is to make them leave, often forcibly.

Clear out as a command is a sharp order to vacate: Clear out, all of you!

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vacate · empty · unburden · throws away · disperses · sweep · banish · discard · expel · gut · purge · heal · abandons · flush out · deplete · dispose · exits · takes off

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Opposites
departure vs. arrival

clears outmoves in

Takes up residence

arrives · enters · shows up · comes in · rolls in

emptying vs. filling

clears outfills up

Makes full, completes

loads up · packs in · stuffs · accumulates · hoards

transience vs. permanence

clears outsettles in

Becomes comfortably established

moves in · digs in · stays put · puts down roots · remains

Family

clear, clearly, unclear, clarity, cleared, clarify, clearing, clearance, clear out

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G