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

Gruda gave Hurzeler’s side a 12th-minute lead from the rebound after Rutter’s header from Danny Welbeck’s cross had been cleared off the line by Lisandro Martinez. —Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026

For a more portable option, this $30 handheld works just like a mini snowblower and clears off your car in seconds. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2026

Other drivers on the road take their morning rush even further, clearing off only a small peep-hole on their windshield before heading out — hoping, perhaps, that their valiant defrost setting will eventually melt it all away. —Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025

After a fresh snowfall blanketed South Jersey, families spent the day outdoors — some sledding down hills and building snowmen, others shoveling driveways and clearing off cars as the cleanup began. —Eva Andersen, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025

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