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clear one's throat

clear one's throat verb: to forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expel air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.

Verb

clear one's throat (third-person singular simple present clears one's throat, present participle clearing one's throat, simple past and past participle cleared one's throat)

  1. To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expel air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.

clear one's throat meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

clear one's throat in Arabic

to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs
تَنَحْنَحَ tanaḥnaḥa

clear one's throat in Indonesian

to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs
mendeham

clear one's throat in Vietnamese

to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs
tằng hắng, đằng hắng, dặng hắng, hắng giọng

Forms of clear one's throat

third-person singular presentclears one's throat
present participleclearing one's throat
past participlecleared one's throat
pastcleared one's throat

Questions about clear one's throat

What does clear one's throat mean?
Clear one's throat means to forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expel air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.
What is clear one's throat in Arabic?
Clear one's throat in Arabic is تَنَحْنَحَ (tanaḥnaḥa). See Clear one's throat meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is clear one's throat?
Clear one's throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of clear one's throat?
The past tense of clear one's throat is cleared one's throat.

Words near clear one's throat in the dictionary

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  3. Clear Net
  4. clear off
  5. clear one's lines
  6. clear one's throat
  7. clear out
  8. clear quartz
  9. clear quartzes
  10. Clear Range
  11. clear round

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