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Definition of Clear off
1. Verb. Remove from sight.
Definition of Clear off
1. Verb. (informal) To leave abruptly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clear Off
Literary usage of Clear off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"CLEAR OUT (or clear off), verbal phr. (colloquial).—I. To depart. 1825. J.
NEAL, Bra. ... To warn the visitor to clear off. 2. (popular). ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"mination to clear off the arrears of his Court, which in two or three years he
effected; but he accomplished it by never hearing a case through ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... nearly prevents capsizing, and rectifies it, if it does happen ; while the
relieving tubes effectually clear off any water that finds its way within. ..."
4. The Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts: With Forms and Tables of Costs by Henry Charles Coote (1847)
"... and generally a next of kin is entitled to take such a step to legally clear
off the existence of an outstanding will, which he presumes to be invalid. ..."
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