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in the clear en · ADP
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic) Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing.
Offshore sports betting . . .is judged illegal in the U.S. under laws originally drawn up in the '60s; sites offering casino-style virtual gaming claimed they were in the clear.
2006 July 23, “Risky Business”, in Time:
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(of a television, qualifier:radio or data transmission) Transmitted without encryption or scrambling.
FM radio stations are broadcast in the clear.
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(idiomatic) No longer in danger.
“Think we're in the clear?” Leif asked, still studying the rooftops and doorways for new threats. Before Nick could answer, the whole world exploded in fire and smoke.
2013, Alexis Morgan, A Soldier's Heart: A Snowberry Creek Novella (A Penguin Special from Signet Eclipse), Penguin, →ISBN: