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clear away

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clear away
vb
(adverb) to remove (objects) from (the table) after a meal
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Verb1.clear away - remove from sight
clear off
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"


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Then I slid out quiet and throwed the snakes clear away amongst the bushes; for I warn't going to let Jim find out it was all my fault, not if I could help it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
This goes clear away ahead of anything I ever heard of before.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
She considered it as an act of indispensable duty to clear away the claims of creditors with all the expedition which the most comprehensive retrenchments could secure, and saw no dignity in anything short of it.
Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context
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