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coast is clear

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coast is clear
There is no visible danger. I'm going to stay hidden here until the coast is clear. You can come out of your hiding place now. The coast is clear.
See also: clear, coast


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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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