clear away

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to remove sth because it is not wanted or needed, or in order to leave a clear space

In the movies · 7

• Clear away the barricades and we're still there!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• that there is nothing in it to clear away in the first place.The Lego Movie2014
• Keep everyone back until we clear away the breakaway glass.The Game1997
• Clear away the debris! Hurry!The Longest Day1962
• Come on, then, everybody. Let's clear this away. Oh, Harry, Harry.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007
• YOU’RE LATE! WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO FINISH OFF, SO I SLEPT ALL NIGHT IN THE WORKSHOP, THEN WE HAD TO CLEAR AWAY THIS MORNING.A Christmas Carol1999
• - Now clear that away.The King and I2018
• - I beg your pardon. - The sewing wasn't cleared away.Mansfield Park1999

Learn it in full scenes

• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance

From the same entry

• be clear sailing
• clear as day
• clear as mud
• leave the field clear for
• keep your head
• loud and clear
• clear the air
• clear the decks
• clear your throat
• clear the way
• the coast is clear
• blow the cobwebs away