clear one's lines

verb

To clear the ball away from a dangerous position.

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Meanings

verbclear one's lines (third-person singular simple present clears one's lines, present participle clearing one's lines, simple past and past participle cleared one's lines)

present singular third person clears one's lines · participle present clearing one's lines · participle past cleared one's lines · past cleared one's lines

  1. idiomatichobbiesTo clear the ball away from a dangerous position.

    The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign.

    2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport
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APA

clear one's lines. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clear%20one's%20lines

MLA

“clear one's lines.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clear%20one's%20lines. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clear one's lines,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clear%20one's%20lines.

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