clear off

clear off
intransitive verb Date: 1722 chiefly British to go away ; depart

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  • clear off — ► clear off informal go away. Main Entry: ↑clear …   English terms dictionary

  • clear off — verb remove from sight • Syn: ↑clear away • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

  • clear off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms clear off : present tense I/you/we/they clear off he/she/it clears off present participle clearing off past tense cleared off past participle cleared off British informal a) to leave a place quickly They ve… …   English dictionary

  • clear off — v. (D; intr.) ( to leave ) to clear off of (clear off of my property!) * * * [ klɪə(r) ɒf] (D;intr.) ( to leave ) to clear offof (clear offof my property!) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • clear off — PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away. [INFORMAL] [V P] They looked at me as if I was nuts and told me to clear off. Syn: push off …   English dictionary

  • Clear off! — This expression brings back memories of being a kid and stealing apples from people s gardens. Sometimes we would get caught and some old bloke would come out and shout oi clear off you lot . It basically means get lost …   The American's guide to speaking British

  • clear off — v To leave. Clear off and don t come back! 1820s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • clear off — /ˌklɪər ɒf/ verb ♦ to clear off a debt to pay all of a debt …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • clear off — 1. Become fair, clear away, clear up, break, break away. 2. Remove, clear away or off, cancel, pay; pay off or up, liquidate …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • clear off — informal go away. → clear …   English new terms dictionary

  • ˌclear ˈoff — phrasal verb British informal to leave a place quickly They ve all cleared off and left me to clean this mess up.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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