diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index 7dcc14e..4a63866 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -1098,11 +1098,26 @@ func (c *cache) ItemCount() int {
 	return n
 }
 
-// Delete all items from the cache.
-func (c *cache) Flush() {
+// Flush all items from the cache and return them.
+func (c *cache) Flush() map[string]*Item {
 	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	m := make(map[string]*Item, len(c.items))
+	for k, v := range c.items {
+		// "Inlining" of Expired
+		if v.Expired() {
+			continue
+		}
+		m[k] = &Item{
+			Object:     v.Object,
+			Expiration: v.Expiration,
+		}
+	}
+
 	c.items = map[string]*Item{}
-	c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return m
 }
 
 type janitor struct {
diff --git a/cache_test.go b/cache_test.go
index 655b865..7b89c61 100644
--- a/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache_test.go
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ func TestFlush(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := New(DefaultExpiration, 0)
 	tc.Set("foo", "bar", DefaultExpiration)
 	tc.Set("baz", "yes", DefaultExpiration)
-	tc.Flush()
+	items := tc.Flush()
 	x, found := tc.Get("foo")
 	if found {
 		t.Error("foo was found, but it should have been deleted")
@@ -1179,6 +1179,16 @@ func TestFlush(t *testing.T) {
 	if x != nil {
 		t.Error("x is not nil:", x)
 	}
+
+	x, found = items["foo"]
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("foo was not found, it should be returned on flush")
+	}
+
+	x, found = items["baz"]
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("baz was not found, it should be returned on flush")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestIncrementOverflowInt(t *testing.T) {