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swab out

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swab something out

to wash or wipe something out in order to make it clean. The doctor swabbed my ear out carefully. The doctor swabbed out my ear carefully.

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swab out

v.

To clean the inside of something with a swab: I used this cloth to swab out the rifles. The doctor swabbed my ear out.

See also: out, swab