cleared the neighborhood

A form of clear the neighborhood — To become gravitationally dominant, such that there are no other bodies of comparable size within its orbit, other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence.

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of clear the neighborhood
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