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Meanings of got clear in English

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Usage of got clear in English
1
The flock came together ravenous and cannibal, and the party got clear.
Iron Council
2
Just lucky I noticed it before I got clear out of town.
A touch of death
3
We crawled up Powell, got clear on California, and went on fast.
Nothing in her way
4
He got clear just as the man was close enough to strike.
Iron Man
5
But he executed his mission and got clear away with the goods.
The Man with the Clubfoot
6
The other was more fortunate, and got clear just before we foundered.
Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
7
Sink or swim, but you've got clear water to do it in.
The Shield of Silence
8
And so he got clear, and letting the blind man go, escaped.
For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
9
Two had got clear off, and had never been heard of since.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
10
At last Diego got clear of her, and turned to Lee, saying:
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
11
It was half-past two o'clock when we got clear from our prison.
Australia Twice Traversed / The Romance of Exploration, Being a ...
12
It's mighty strange who could have shot Eckles and got clear away.
The Happy End
13
If you got clear you could never go back to Tallahassee again?
Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
14
Might have been a different result if he got clear earlier.
News.com.au
15
This went on for several minutes; then he got clear again.
Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
16
A desperate rush was made, and the brigands got clear of the prison.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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