Usually means: Prepare space for upcoming action.
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  1. clear the_decks: Merriam-Webster.com
  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)

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  1. clear the_decks: Idioms

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  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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