Usually means: Prepare space for upcoming action.
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  1. clear the decks: Merriam-Webster
  2. clear the decks: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clear the decks: Collins English Dictionary
  4. clear the decks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. clear the decks: Wiktionary
  6. clear the decks: Dictionary.com
  7. Clear the Decks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Clear the Decks: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. clear the decks: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clear the decks: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clear the decks: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Clear the Decks: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (clear the decks)

verb:  (nautical) To remove, or fasten, all loose material, or partitions prior to a naval engagement.
verb:  (by extension, figurative) To prepare for action.

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