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coast is clear |
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the coast is clear if the coast is clear, you can do something or go somewhere because there is no one near who might see or hear you. You can come out now, the coast is clear. I waited outside the house until the coast was clear, then softly tapped on the window. the coast is clear 1. there is no danger of being seen. We had to wait until the coast was clear to slip out of the building, which was being watched. 2. there is no danger of anything more happening, esp. trouble. Now that the killer has been arrested, the coast is clear and people can go out without fear. |
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b) You stay put with her for hours, until Chad and his crew finally head home and the coast is clear. Even so, this method of making decisions will never serve as a good investment system -- to flee for safe havens when fearful, events occur, and then to venture out again into riskier securities only when it appears the coast is clear. Egrets make good decoys because they are usually skittish and nervous, but when birds see calm egrets in a river, they think the coast is clear. |
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