clear one's lines | Idiomator

Meaning: (sports,idiomatic)Tocleartheballaway from a dangerous position.2012April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed toclear their linesand Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign.

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