| 释义 |
in the clear1No longer in danger or under suspicion: the information put her in the clear...- Then I was in the clear, free from any desire to smoke.
- But we also saw the light and knew that by Thursday we would be in the clear.
- So, it's still not in the clear, by any stretch of the imagination.
2With nothing to hinder one in achieving something: a cross from O’Neill left Hughes in the clear with not even the goalkeeper to beat...- Another fine chance went begging midway through the half when he cleverly put him in the clear, but for once the ace marksman's finishing let him down.
- Their only genuine chance of the half came on 34 minutes when Lee Nogan seized on a bad pass, drew a Cheltenham defender and released Michael Proctor in the clear.
- Just before the half hour, a inocuous-looking pass deceived Aberdeen's central defence, and he was in the clear.
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