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clear away

To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.
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Further along the gallery was the huge skeleton barrel of a brontosaurus. My museum hypothesis was confirmed. Going toward the side of the gallery I found what appeared to be sloping shelves, and clearing away the thick dust, I found the old familiar glass cases of our own time. But these must have been air-tight to judge from the fair preservation of some of their contents.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'clear away':

clear awayTo leave, disappear
clear awayTo dispose of, to get rid of, to remove.
clear awayTo prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it.
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