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clear away

British  

verb

  1. (adverb) to remove (objects) from (the table) after a meal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

clear away Idioms  
  1. see clear out, def. 1.


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He put sheep in his fields when the grass was tall so they would clear away the vegetation, he said.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

On Friday, that low pressure is expected to clear away and leave the UK in a col, or neutral weather zone, with neither high or low pressure in charge.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Normally, an enzyme called neprilysin helps clear away Aβ.

From Science Daily Feb. 17, 2026

Their technology got the brain to clear away as much as 45% of the amyloid-beta protein clumps associated with dementia.

From MarketWatch Nov. 1, 2025

As the sun came up each morning, they’d clear away all traces of their campsite and set off again, deeper into the mountains.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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