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Definition of All clear

1. Noun. A signal (usually a siren) that danger is over.

2. Noun. Permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed.

Definition of All clear

1. Noun. a signal that danger, such as an air raid, is over; usually a siren at a single pitch ¹

2. Noun. permission to proceed after obstacles have been removed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All Clear

all ages all along all and sundry all around all arounder all at once all bark and no bite all bets are off all but all but dissertation

all caps all cats are gray at night all cats are gray in the dark all cats are grey at night all cats are grey in the dark all clear (current term) all correct all day all day long all duck or no dinner

all ears all else being equal all else the same all eyes all eyes and ears all fingers and thumbs all for all fours all fur coat and no knickers all get out

Literary usage of All clear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"... over the person assessed ;4 and it has been held that all clear violations of law in the assessment proceeding are jurisdictional.5 (o) Fraud. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"The same principle which produces a blow upon the bell-signal lowers the semaphore arm on the miniature to " all clear." A current of electricity, ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"So that the miniature semaphore will remain at "all clear " so long as a current flows, but, the moment the current ceases, the arm by the action of gravity ..."

4. The Endeavor Hymnal: For Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church by International Society of Christian Endeavor, United Society of Christian Endeavor (1901)
"... Pa-tient-ly be - Hev - ing He will make all clear. To His will re - signed, And to God sub - du-ing Heart and will and mind. Where my soul may rest, ..."

5. Les Reportes Del Cases in Camera Stellata, 1593 to 1609: From the Original by England and Wales Court of Star Chamber, John Hawarde, William Paley Baildon (1894)
"A small plan is given of the elaborate ceiling, but the illustration of the fireplace is difficult to identify; moreover it is not at all clear from the ..."

6. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"... construction dock- Parer nut ancre, to get an anchor all clear for 3 ... see all clear for wearing ship. ..."

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