Idiom
clear off
Meaning
To pay off debts.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to clear off my credit card debt soon.”
“After getting a promotion, she used the extra money to clear off her remaining student loans.”
“By dedicating his entire annual bonus to the bank, he finally managed to clear off the substantial mortgage he had carried for over a decade.”
Examples
simple
“I need to clear off my credit card debt soon.”
contextual
“After getting a promotion, she used the extra money to clear off her remaining student loans.”
complex
“By dedicating his entire annual bonus to the bank, he finally managed to clear off the substantial mortgage he had carried for over a decade.”
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