clear the decks

"We were thinking about moving, and I had to clear the decks a little," she said.

His friends said that in the middle of last week he was clearing the decks to run.

I left office as a matter of protocol, to clear the decks for the new president's choice.

"I felt it was time to clear the decks," he said.

The network has cleared the decks for the Florida story.

"That's why I want you to go off now, let me clear the decks.

The job of the government is to clear the decks.'

It was time to clear the decks and let some younger people surface."

"I'm going to clear the decks before I make my exit.

Enlargement makes it all the more urgent to clear the decks.

"Now, I suppose, we have to clear the decks for action.

At Ty's age, when he wanted to talk, it was clear the decks and stand by or lose the opportunity.

But the Administration will really have to hustle and clear the decks."

The purpose is not self-abasement but to clear the decks for the second step.

I'd like to clear the decks to work on this stuff if l can."

I went ahead and balanced my checkbook, just to clear the decks.

But the new insurance company would not take my check until I had cleared the decks with its predecessor.

McCoy had to clear the decks and move on.

Can you clear the decks for the next week?"

He decided to clear the decks and establish that good will, if possible, before Pol got down to business.

In order to prevent taxpayers suffering further harm, we must clear the decks.

"Obviously they are clearing the decks," a Western diplomat said.

Nadia eventually cleared the decks by ordering all of the men outside.

"Clearing the decks so you could act, of course," the boy replied, laughing.

As if you're clearing the decks before commencing something major."