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The coast is clear

Idiom(s): The coast is clear

Theme: SAFETY

There is no visible danger.
• I'm going to stay hidden here until the coast is clear.
• You can come out of your hiding place now. The coast is clear.

coast-to-coast

Idiom(s): coast-to-coast

Theme: DISTANCE

from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans (in the continental U.S.A.); all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• My voice was once heard on a coast-to-coast radio broadcast.
• Our car made the coast-to-coast trip in eighty hours.

Coast is clear

When the coast is clear, the people supposed to be watching you are not there and you are able to move or leave.

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No enemy or danger is in sight; there is no one to see you. When the teacher had disappeared around the corner, John said, "Come on, the coast is clear." The men knew when the night watchman would pass. When he had gone, and the coast was clear, they robbed the safe. When Father stopped the car at the stop sign, Mother said, "The coast is clear on this side."

coast

coast
1.
the Coast
â Informal in the U.S., the Pacific coast
2.
the coast is clear
there is no apparent danger or hindrance

coast is clear, the

coast is clear, the
No observers or authorities are present; one can proceed safely. For example, Let's make sure the coast is clear before we set up this surprise party. This expression may have originated among pirates and smugglers who were referring to the absence of coast guards, or with regard to a coastal military invasion, but no citations bear out these theories. By the late 1500s the term was used purely figuratively.

from bank to coast

1. From one ancillary of the country to the other. Typically refers to the United States, which is belted by oceans in the East and West. I've never apparent the Pacific Ocean before, acknowledgment to growing up in Boston, so I'm aflame to biking from bank to bank this summer.2. Throughout the absolute country. Typically refers to the United States, which is belted by oceans in the East and West. This is not an abandoned issue—it's affecting bodies from bank to coast.3. slang In basketball, a appellation acclimated to call an abhorrent comedy in which a amateur campaign from one end of the cloister to the added to account a basket. Boy, he is quick! He went from bank to bank accomplished all bristles defenders.Learn more: coast

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