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*in the clear

1. Lit. not obstructed; not enclosed. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~; get someone or something [into] ~.) You're in the clear. Go ahead and back up. Once the deer got into the clear, it ran away.

2. Fig. to be innocent; not to be guilty. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~; get someone or something [into] ~.) Don't worry, Tom. I'm sure you're in the clear. I'll feel better when I get into the clear.

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Yes, the conscience is clear and the song is clear, and so these little streams flow on, shining in the clear dawn of a golden past to which all poets and philosophers to come will turn with wistful eyes. A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context We burrowed down in the straw and curled up close together, watching the angry red die out of the west and the stars begin to shine in the clear, windy sky. My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context The lake was the principal scene f or the amusements of the young people; where the ladies, in their one-horse cutter, driven by Richard, and attended, when the snow would admit of it, by young Ed wards on his skates, spent many hours taking the benefit of exercise in the clear air of the hills. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			in that regard in the absence of in the act in the affirmative in the air in the altogether in the back of mind in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh			in the boondocks in the boonies in the bosom of In the box In the box in the buff in the buff in the bull pen In The Business in the business of In the Butt in the C.E in the can in the can in the can In the Car in the cards in the cards in the cards in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the charge of in the charge of someone in the chips In the church style In the church style in the circumstances in the circumstances in the clear in the cloud in the clouds in the clouds in the clouds In the Club In the Club In the Club In the Club in the cold light of day in the Common Era In the Community for the Community in the company of In the Company of Friends In the Company of Writers LLC in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the course in the course in the course in the course In the course of In the course of in the course of time In the Court of the Crimson King in the cross hairs in the dark in the dark in the dark in the dark in the dead of night

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