get+clear+of

  • 41clear your desk — british phrase to get rid of everything from your desk because you are leaving your job, often because you have been asked to leave She was told to clear her desk. Thesaurus: leaving a jobsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym… …

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  • 42get your hands on sb — get your hands on sb/sth ► INFORMAL to find or get someone or something you want: »She would have to wait days for funds to clear before she could get her hands on the money. Main Entry: ↑hand …

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  • 43get your hands on sb/sth — ► INFORMAL to find or get someone or something you want: »She would have to wait days for funds to clear before she could get her hands on the money. Main Entry: ↑hand …

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  • 44get your hands on sth — get your hands on sb/sth ► INFORMAL to find or get someone or something you want: »She would have to wait days for funds to clear before she could get her hands on the money. Main Entry: ↑hand …

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  • 45clear-out — n [C usually singular] BrE informal a process in which you get rid of unwanted objects or possessions ▪ I had a clear out and got rid of a lot of old toys …

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  • 46clear the decks — clear away things and prepare for action Let s clear the decks and get everyone out of the house so we can begin work …

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  • 47clear out — [v1] empty something clean out, dispose of, eliminate, exhaust, get rid of, remove, sort, tidy up; concept 211 Ant. fill, fill up, put clear out [v2] leave, often quickly beat it*, begone, decamp, depart, go, hightail*, kite*, make oneself… …

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  • 48clear|ance — «KLIHR uhns», noun. 1. the act of clearing: »Clearance of the theater was quick during the fire. 2. a) a clear space; distance between things that pass by each other without touching: »There was only a foot of clearance between the top of the… …

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  • 49get across — [v] communicate an idea bring home*, convey, get through to, impart, make clear, make understood, pass on, put over, transmit; concept 60 Ant. miscommunicate …

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  • 50get something over to somebody — ˌget sthˈover (to sb) derived to make sth clear to sb • He didn t really get his meaning over to the audience. Main entry: ↑getderived …

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