verb
(intr, adverb) informal to go away: often used imperatively
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Words nearby clear off clearinghouse ,
clearing mark ,
clearing sale ,
clear layer of epidermis ,
clearly ,
clear off ,
clear one's name ,
clear out ,
clear-sighted ,
clearstory ,
clear the air
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buy ,
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clear up ,
pay up ,
tamper with
How to use clear off in a sentence The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.
It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
Knowing by experience that he would soon be up to it, he used his pole with all his might, hoping to steer clear of it.
I am pleading for a clear white light of education that shall go like the sun round the whole world.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with clear off
2 Become clear after cloudiness, fog, etc., as in I hope this fog clears off before morning . This phrase, first recorded in 1816, is heard less often today, clear alone often sufficing (I hope the fog clears ). Also see clear up.
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