clear off

verb

cleared off; clearing off; clears off

intransitive verb

chiefly British

: to go away : depart

Synonyms of clear off

• depart
• move
• exit
• go
• get
• clear out
• get off
• peel off
• go off
• cut out
• run along
• push off
• walk out
• pull out
• take off
• start
• escape
• step (along)
• sally (forth)
• bail out

Examples of clear off in a Sentence

told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work

Recent Examples on the Web

The game began to open up more in the minutes before the second-half hydration break as Canada once again forced the South Africans to clear off the line. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Sami attacked Cody and cleared off the Arabic announce table. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

While Nico O’Reilly hit the woodwork, Kane hit a field goal instead of an actual goal and Marc Guehi had a header cleared off the line, Ghana looked sporadically and worryingly dangerous in the second half in Boston. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Substitute forward Joe Hanson sent a header just wide in the 75th minute, while a deflected shot from midfielder Tumi Moshobane was also cleared off the line shortly after. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for clear off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff

Kids Definition

clear off

verb

chiefly British

: to go away : depart sense 1a