to clear out

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to clear out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), v. i.
     1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- of
        the weather; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
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              So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.
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              Advise him to stay till the weather clears up.
                                                    --Swift.
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     2. To become free from turbidity; -- of solutions or
        suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely
        dissolved until the suspension clears up; when
        refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed
        to room temperature, it clears up again.
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     3. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or
        entanglements; to become free. [Obs.]
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              He that clears at once will relapse; for finding
              himself out of straits, he will revert to his
              customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a
              habit of frugality.                   --Bacon.
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     3. (Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and
        settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
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     4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for
        Liverpool to-day.
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     To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]
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