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clean sheets

clean sheets is the plural of clean sheet.

Meaning of clean sheet

Noun

clean sheet (plural clean sheets)

  1. (figuratively) An absence of debts or indictments.
  2. (figuratively) A game played without having conceded a goal.
    • Birmingham had their defence to thank for a clean sheet, although they were lucky to escape when Manuel da Costa shot off-target and then headed wide.2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clean, sheet.

Questions about clean sheets

What is clean sheets the plural of?
Clean sheets is the plural of clean sheet.

Words near clean sheets in the dictionary

  1. clean prices
  2. clean room
  3. clean rooms
  4. clean shaven
  5. clean sheet
  6. clean sheets
  7. clean shell
  8. clean shells
  9. clean skin
  10. clean skins
  11. clean slate

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