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The schooner was run into the wind, and while the hands were clearing away the stern boat, Queequeg, stripped to the waist, darted from the side with a long living arc of a leap.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
Additional definitions for 'clear away':
clear away | To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat. |
clear away | To leave, disappear |
clear away | To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove. |
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