- clear your throat
- clear (your) throat
to give a small cough.
She cleared her throat before she began to speak.
I wanted to say something, so I cleared my throat to get everyone's attention.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
clear your throat
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clear your throat — phrase to make a noise in your throat before you speak, so that you can speak without any difficulty Thesaurus: to use or to move the mouth or throathyponym general words for the face or its featuressynonym Main entry: clear * * * clear your… … Useful english dictionary
clear your throat — to make a noise in your throat before you speak, so that you can speak without any difficulty … English dictionary
throat — W3S3 [θrəut US θrout] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
throat — [ θrout ] noun count *** 1. ) the area at the back of your mouth and inside your neck: The curry was still burning his throat. She s in bed with a throat infection. sore throat: Have we got any medicine for a sore throat? => FROG 2. ) your… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clear throat — clear (your) throat to give a small cough. She cleared her throat before she began to speak. I wanted to say something, so I cleared my throat to get everyone s attention … New idioms dictionary
clear — clear1 [ klır ] adjective *** ▸ 1 easy to understand ▸ 2 obvious ▸ 3 transparent ▸ 4 without clouds/rain etc. ▸ 5 easy to see ▸ 6 easy to hear ▸ 7 not blocked ▸ 8 eyes: bright and healthy ▸ 9 skin: healthy ▸ 10 not confused ▸ 11 without guilty… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clear — clear1 W1S1 [klıə US klır] adj comparative clearer superlative clearest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(easy to understand)¦ 2¦(impossible to doubt)¦ 3¦(sure about something)¦ 4¦(thinking)¦ 5¦(substance/liquid)¦ 6¦(weather)¦ 7¦(eyes)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
clear — [[t]klɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦ clearer, clearest, clears, clearing, cleared 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear. The book is clear, readable and adequately illustrated... The space telescope has taken the clearest… … English dictionary
throat — [[t]θro͟ʊt[/t]] ♦♦♦ throats 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs. She had a sore throat... As she stared at him she felt her throat go dry. 2) N… … English dictionary
throat — noun (C) 1 the passage from the back of your mouth to the top of the tubes that go down to your lungs and stomach 2 the front of your neck: She fingered the pearls at her throat. 3 clear your throat to make a noise in your throat, especially… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
