"in the clear" meaning in English

See in the clear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the clear.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the clear, {{en-PP}} in the clear
  1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing. Tags: US, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-in_the_clear-en-prep_phrase-Fz8nEd3~ Categories (other): American English
  2. (of a television, radio or data transmission) Transmitted without encryption or scrambling.
    Sense id: en-in_the_clear-en-prep_phrase-0j~evqer
  3. (idiomatic) No longer in danger. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-in_the_clear-en-prep_phrase-OUE4rVTD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 69

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