as in departed
to leave a place often for another
told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work
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Recent Examples of cleared off
He was denied a goal in the second half with a curling effort from an acute angle that was cleared off the line.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Purdy was limited in practice the past two weeks but cleared off the injury report Friday.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Purdy was limited in practice the past two weeks but cleared off the injury report Friday.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleared off
Verb
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Michaelson, who departed Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate last summer, makes the case for a West Coast-centric show.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His departure comes as Michael Michele, one of the series’ leads, exited late last week, as Deadline revealed exclusively.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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When Holliday exited in 1980 for her own comedy, Ladd was brought in as Belle Dupree, a tough-as-nails waitress once romantically linked to diner owner Mel (Vic Tayback).—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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On an 0-2 pitch, Roberts moved the infield back to double play depth.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The depth chart got even thinner when Jaishawn Barham, who moved back to inside linebacker after playing on the edge in recent weeks, left the game in the first quarter with an injury.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Against the Canucks, the Wild’s league-worst penalty kill (which had given goals on five of the previous six opposing power plays) went 3 for 3 in large part because of big blocks by Brodin, Matt Boldy and Rossi and Gustavsson making five saves.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Last year’s contest between the Dodgers and Yankees, however, had more heft in the nation’s largest TV market even though that series only went five games.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Alejandro Alba and his son Jayen got front row seats by arriving at 4am, a full seven hours before the parade started.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors said that during one visit to the assisted living facility, Fireside got access to the bank account belonging to her mother's boyfriend, then called the bank and guided him on resetting his online information.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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During sleep, waste is cleared out of our brains, and memories are consolidated, and there's a pile of evidence to show rest is critical for our health.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Things might be different now, as MFE this week unexpectedly cleared out the ProSieben C-suite and replacing respected ProSieben CEO Bert Habets with its own CFO, Marco Giordani.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When Ashton reacted terribly, well, he got pushed off that cliff.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Lexus was pushed off the roadway and rolled into Clear Creek.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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Both offenses, however, got off to somewhat slow starts.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a spectacular start on Monday with a galaxy of stars in attendance.—
Mark Schilling,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Cleared off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleared%20off. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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