clear your throat

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to cough so that you can speak clearly

   He cleared his throat.

In the movies · 6

• No, l was just clearing my throat.Spaceballs1987
• No, you sound like a submarine clearing its throat.The Trip2011
• He cleared his throat.Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father2008

Learn it in full scenes

• The Trip2011
  • Steve and Rob Set Off
  • Steve and Rob Share a Room
  • The Michael Caine Impression Duel

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 the way
• the coast is clear
• blow the cobwebs away
• clear away