Idioms


An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.


Idiom:
clean out (someone) or clean (someone) out

Meaning:
to rob someone of almost everything, to steal almost everything from someone

Example:
The robber enterd the store at night and cleaned out the owners.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
A group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.
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