Clear your name In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "clear your name", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-12-28 11:12

Meaning of Clear your name (redirected from clear (one's) name )

Clear (one's) name phrase

The verb 'clear" is used in the sense of "purify" or "wash away a stain."

To use facts, evidence, etc. to show that you are not responsible for doing something wrong or for something bad that happened.

 

He said that the judge had falsely convicted him of murder and determined to clear his name.

When he was able to clear his name, he had been falsely imprisoned for ten years.

If I hadn't provided the police with enough evidence, I wouldn't have cleared my name.

Grammar and Usage of Clear (one's) name

Verb Forms

  • cleared (one's) name
  • clearing (one's) name

The verb "clear" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Clear (one's) name

This phrase dates from the late 1400s.

The Origin Cited: Internet .
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