the coast is clear
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English
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) There is no danger; one can freely pass through a region without risk of discovery.
- Wait there, watch the back of the building, and whistle when the coast is clear.
- 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible, Grosset & Dunlap, page 222:
- Seeing that the coast was clear, Tarzan stepped into the darkened entrance […]
Translations
[edit]there is no danger
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