Clear mucus or food from one's throat.
1 Sometimes tears clear the throat and heart of sobs that choke.
2 It is time to put down the pen; time to clear the throat .
3 It can be beneficial, and not just to clear the throat .
4 A chronically running nose, accompanied by frequent nose-bleeds and a cough to clear the throat .
5 An early 19th century medical opinion claimed that snoring was necessary to clear the throat of mucus.
6 In a day or two there is a mucous secretion, making the patient inclined to clear the throat by hawking or coughing.
7 He coughed-itwas a convenient thing to cough - it cleared the throat and helped utterance.
8 Our pursuers are clearing the throats of their hideous machines.
9 Clearing the throat , an assessing nip in the gaze.
10 Coughing, sneezing, clearing the throat , etc., if done at all, must be done as quickly as possible.
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