in the clear

in the clear
adverb (or adjective)
1. : in inside measurement

corridors three feet in the clear

2. : free of resistance, obstruction, obligation, or anything that restricts or impedes action

the airplane had just passed through a squall and was in the clear

3. : free of guilt or not subject to suspicion or imputation of guilt

as for the charge of cowardice, he was now in the clear

4. : in plaintext : not in code or cipher

a message sent in the clear

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no longer in danger or suspected of something

the latest information put her in the clear

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in the clear
: free from guilt or suspicion

The investigation/jury considered all the charges against him and concluded that he was in the clear. [=that he was not guilty]

He's not in the clear yet. The police still consider him a suspect.

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in the ˈclear idiom
(informal) no longer in danger or thought to be guilty of sth

It seems that the original suspect is in the clear.

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