Clear+away

  • 41clear your desk — ► to take all your possessions away from your desk or office because you have been told to leave your job: »He was given just two hours to clear his desk and get out. ► to finish all your work: »He likes to clear his desk by the end of the day.… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 42clear up — I verb answer, ascertain, brighten, clarify, complete, construe, consummate, decipher, decode, die away, disentangle, dispatch, dispose of, elucidate, explain, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out, interpret, lift, light, make sense, resolve,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 43clear-out — clear outs N COUNT: usu sing When you have a clear out, you collect together all the things that you do not want and throw them away. [BRIT, INFORMAL] …

    English dictionary

  • 44clear the decks — When you clear the decks, you get ready for an important action and put away items that might get in your way …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 45clear up — [v1] explain; resolve answer, cipher, clarify, decipher, dissolve, elucidate, figure out, illuminate, illustrate, make plausible, make reasonable, puzzle out, resolve, solve, straighten out, tidy, unfold, unravel; concepts 37,57 Ant. complicate,… …

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  • 46clear off — ► clear off informal go away. Main Entry: ↑clear …

    English terms dictionary

  • 47To clear away — Разбирать (набор, шрифтовую форму); Удалять (задубленный коллоид с копии позитивного копирования) …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 48clear — clear1 [ klır ] adjective *** ▸ 1 easy to understand ▸ 2 obvious ▸ 3 transparent ▸ 4 without clouds/rain etc. ▸ 5 easy to see ▸ 6 easy to hear ▸ 7 not blocked ▸ 8 eyes: bright and healthy ▸ 9 skin: healthy ▸ 10 not confused ▸ 11 without guilty… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 49clear — [[t]klɪər[/t]] adj. and adv. clear•er, clear•est, 1) free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness: a clear day[/ex] 2) transparent; pellucid: clear water[/ex] 3) without discoloration, defect, or blemish: clear skin[/ex] 4) of a pure, even color …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50clear — 1. adjective 1) clear instructions Syn: understandable, comprehensible, intelligible, plain, uncomplicated, explicit, lucid, coherent, simple, straightforward, unambiguous, clear cut 2) a clear case of harassment …

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