CLEARS OFF Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

clears off

verb

present tense third-person singular of clear off, chiefly British

as in exits

to leave a place often for another told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work

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Recent Examples of clears off Not everyone clears off the ice, however. — Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026 For a more portable option, this $30 handheld works just like a mini snowblower and clears off your car in seconds. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clears off

Verb

Afternoon temperatures will tumble from the lower 80s back into the 40s and 50s overnight with breezy winds, as the rain slowly exits during the overnight hours.

— Cutter Martin, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Another customer who was standing in between the singer and employee at the register during the showdown appears to look around in disbelief at what just happened after the hitmaker exits.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of exits

Verb

At the root of these changes is Dhillon's vision of the Civil Rights Division and its mission that dramatically departs from tradition.

— Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
The ending, which substantially departs from Malerman’s novel, offers a richer choice than the source material.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of departs

Verb

In Whalefall, written and directed by Brian Duffield, Jay (Abrams) goes diving in the Pacific Ocean to find the remains of his late father Mitt (Josh Brolin), who took his own life a year before amid a terminal illness.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Based on Greaves’ short story, One Night Out centers on a married couple who head out to enjoy a rare date night when their babysitter goes missing.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of goes

Verb

The simple industrial design gets a neat little accent in the form of a physical knob for adjusting playback, track navigation, and volume.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
This part of South America often gets heavy rain during El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual waters in the Pacific Ocean scramble weather patterns around the world.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of gets

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Rain chances are expected to lessen Thursday night as the weather system clears out by Friday morning, the weather service said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Once the rain clears out, the nice weather is expected to return Wednesday, with some humidity, Gehring said.

— Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of clears out

Verb

Bill Ackman peels off his suit jacket in the afternoon sunshine, and hands it to a chauffeur parked outside his office in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Octavia Spencer immediately peels off her jacket after entering the room and realizing there are no cameras present for our interview.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of peels off

Verb

Feed your head Neagley gets off to a sluggish start, with a workmanlike, rather clumsy first episode largely spent establishing the main characters and central plot—and the writers lean a bit too hard on constant Chicago callbacks.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
But if Jackson gets off to a slow start under a new coaching staff, including first-time play-caller Declan Doyle, there’s room to fall.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026