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clear off

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clear off
Verb
Informal to go away: often used as a command
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Verb1.clear off - remove from sight
clear away
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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Well, it took my mind off from every- thing else; took it clear off, and centered it in my helmet; and mile after mile, there it stayed, imagining the handkerchief, picturing the handkerchief; and it was bitter and aggravating to have the salt sweat keep trickling down into my eyes, and I couldn't get at it.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
But though the water could clear off the blood, it could not remove the black and blue marks which Thwackum had imprinted on both his face and breast, and which, being discerned by Sophia, drew from her a sigh and a look full of inexpressible tenderness.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
When I told him of my catechist, he shook his head, and said I was lucky to have got clear off.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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