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

Taking up a higher starting position, the 34-year-old should have scored earlier in the second half after ghosting into the box to see his diving header cleared off the line by Takehiro Tomiyasu. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026

In the final moment of first-half stoppage time, Chawinga’s shot was cleared off the line by defender Ayo Oke. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

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

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