单词 | to clear off |
释义 | > as lemmasto clear off to clear off 1. transitive. To remove (an encumbrance) so as to leave a thing clear; to get rid of (a debt or claim) by settling it. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] quit?c1225 acquita1250 to pay up1434 satisfy1437 discharge1439 defease1480 persolve1548 solve1558 defray1576 affray1584 clear1600 to pay off1607 extinguish1630 to lay downa1640 wipe1668 settle1688 sink1694 retrieve1711 to clear up1726 balance1740 liquidate1755 to clear off1766 square1821 amortize1830 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away kill?c1225 purge1340 void1390 roota1398 devoida1400 rida1450 betwechec1450 redd1479 to make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance1528 expurge1542 vacuate1572 free1599 cleanse1628 rede1638 to clear out1655 dress1701 to clear away1711 to clear off1766 dissaturate1866 cancel1990 1766 S. Clark Leadbetter's Royal Gauger (ed. 6) ii. iv. 250 [The common Brewer, Inn-keeper, etc.] are obliged to pay and clear off the Duty within the Week or Month after such entries are made. 1842 M. Milner Life I. Milner xiii. 242 To ‘clear off’, as he used to say, some of his unanswered letters. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 215 A mortgage for a thousand pounds was cleared off by a bag of counters made out of old kettles. 1883 Manch. Examiner 12 Dec. 5/1 To clear off the stocks which depress the market. 2. intransitive. Of clouds, fog, etc.: To go off so as to leave clearness. Of intruders (colloquial): To be off and leave the place clear. Also in wider sense (= to clear out 4 at Phrasal verbs), to take oneself off. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > so as to leave the place clear clear1805 to clear off1816 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become clear > pass away (of clouds, fog, etc.) to clear away1805 to clear off1816 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > so as to leave the place clear clear1805 to clear off1888 1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1916) 11 365 [I] called to her [sc. a mare] and flattered her to come back; she would not; clear'd off and left me. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 25 On the sixth it cleared off, and the sun came out bright. 1854 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) II. 7 The clouds..will clear-off before the summit is reached. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vii. 92 The rain soon cleared off. 1888 J. Rickaby Moral Philos. 205 To warn the visitor to clear off. to clear off a. So as to exhaust or finish; so as to leave none; to the end; entirely, completely, to a finish; as to clear off, drink off, finish off, pay off, polish off, work off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > to the end offeOE awayOE outc1175 the world > action or operation > completing > [adverb] offc1440 consummatively1614 completively1651 perfectively1818 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v Hwær hie..wæteres [hæfden] þæt hie mehten him þurst of adrincan. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 275 Ebibo, ic of adrince. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15118 To wasshenn offe þeȝȝre lic. c1440 (?a1400) St. John Evangelist (Thornton) 228 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 104 (MED) Þou..saynede þe coppe owtely and suppede it off syne. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Socrates..compelled of malicious Iudges to take ye Cup,..and so to drink it off. 1660 A. Marvell Let. 17 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 2 Some seauenteen shipps to be payd of. 1732 J. Swift (title) A proposal to pay off the debt of the nation. 1861 Temple Bar 3 141 Read the Times..and get off by heart that portion..devoted to the news of the money-market. 1890 G. A. Smith Bk. Isaiah II. xii. 202 We do not..kill them off by gladiatorial combats. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 2/3 What is known amongst breeders as ‘feeding off’ for table poultry is a thriving industry. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xi. 267 I polished off the eclair..and started eyeing up a Danish pastry. 2000 Marie Claire (Johannesburg) Oct. 142/3 This look can be achieved by blowdrying the hair with a flat paddle brush and finished off with a straightening iron. < as lemmas |
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