get clearance

Frequency: 8.222.5 per million words

to receive official permission for something

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Examples (10)

  • You'll need to get security clearance for this job.
  • The athlete had to get medical clearance before returning to the game.
  • Before we can start building, we must get clearance from the city council.
  • She finally got clearance to access the classified documents.
  • The film crew will have to get clearance to shoot in the national park.
  • The pilot is waiting to get clearance for takeoff from the control tower.
  • If you don't get customs clearance, your goods will be impounded.
  • After a long negotiation, the company managed to get environmental clearance for their new factory.
  • Getting clearance for such a sensitive project can take months.
  • We were unable to get clearance to visit the restricted area.