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All clear   /ɔl klɪr/   Listen
All clear

noun
1.
A signal (usually a siren) that danger is over.
2.
Permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed.






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"All clear" Quotes from Famous Books



... plainly appeared, that, if the whole squadron had got round along with the commodore into the South Seas, he would have been able to have performed much greater things than any of our commanders had hitherto done in these parts. Neither is it at all clear that the Spaniards are there in a better condition, their coasts better fortified, their garrisons more numerous, or the country in any respect better provided, than when our privateers had formerly so great success in those parts. The sacking of Payta in this expedition ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr

... in that sky," he continued, after a while, looking up at the lustrous midday heaven. "All clear enough there; but I think I see a little cloud rising in a certain household firmament already—a little cloud which hides much, and which I for one ...
— After Dark • Wilkie Collins

... not all clear sailing for the editor of the Liberator even with such choice spirits. They did not always carry aid and comfort to him, but differences of opinions sometimes as well. He did not sugar-coat enough the bitter truth which he was telling to the nation. Some of ...
— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

... my confession. And now, if I have not made all clear to you, I beg you to ask me such questions as you think fit, for it is not in your power to ...
— Taquisara • F. Marion Crawford

... his flabby paw, Mr. Chadband lays the same on Jo's arm and considers where to station him. Jo, very doubtful of his reverend friend's intentions and not at all clear but that something practical and painful is going to be done to him, mutters, "You let me alone. I never said nothink to you. You let ...
— Bleak House • Charles Dickens


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