lick clean

English

Etymology

lick +‎ clean

Verb

lick clean (third-person singular simple present licks clean, present participle licking clean, simple past and past participle licked clean)

(transitive) To empty (something) by eating its contents.

Translations

empty by eating contents

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 舔乾淨, ^{(please verify)} 舔干净 (tiǎn gānjìng)
Finnish: syödä tyhjäksi

German: auslecken
Russian: выли́зывать (ru) impf (vylízyvatʹ), вы́лизать (ru) pf (výlizatʹ)

See also

lick up

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