(chiefly, US, literal) To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.
Prosecutors say Medina fired eight shots, emptying the clip on his weapon.
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(chiefly, US, idiomatic, sport, by extension) To compete with great vigor, especially by making numerous scoring attempts.
DeRozan emptied the clip. The fans at the ACC emptied theirs, too. Every person in that arena was ready to leave it all on the floor.
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(chiefly, US, idiomatic, by extension) To speak vehemently, especially in an outraged, insulting, or threatening manner.
That completed an unraveling of an early Blue Jays lead that stood at five runs after the second inning as Toronto emptied the clip on Tampa Bay starter Austin Pruitt.
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