clear away

Definitions

1. 1

   To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.

2. 2

   To leave, disappear.

   • The showers should clear away tomorrow.
3. 3

   To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove.

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   1. 4

      To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it.

      • The schooner was run into the wind, and while the hands were clearing away the stern boat, Queequeg, stripped to the waist, darted from the side with a long living arc of a leap.
      • "Hiram Jefferson and John Moreton to the pumps!" cried the captain. "Mr. Tomlinson, clear away the long boat and let us see if we may set her right, though I fear that she is past mending."
      • Keep the ports closed, but clear away the port guns, and stand by for a broadside. Another two cable lengths and we have them.

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