Clear
Jimmy Hung
2021-12-28 11:12
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.
The verb "clear" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase dates from the late 1400s.
Do you see anything wrong?
The idiom is used to say that someone is stupid, unthinking, or inattentive.
When I tell them anything, they look at me like the lights are on, but nobody's home.
