'clear the decks' definitions:
Synonyms of 'clear the decks'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- arrange,
- ballast,
- blow,
- blow out,
- break bulk,
- break out ballast,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chuck,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear for action,
- clear off,
- clear out,
- clear up,
- consider every angle,
- cure,
- cut out,
- defecate,
- deplete,
- deploy,
- deport,
- dispose of,
- drain,
- dress,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- empty,
- empty out,
- eradicate,
- evacuate,
- exhaust,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- fix,
- fix up,
- forearm,
- get quit of,
- get ready,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- groom,
- guard against,
- hedge,
- leave out nothing,
- liquidate,
- make arrangements,
- make preparations,
- make ready,
- make sure,
- make sure against,
- marshal,
- mobilize,
- neaten,
- outlaw,
- overlook no possibility,
- pick out,
- plan,
- play safe,
- police,
- police up,
- prearrange,
- prep,
- prepare,
- prepare for,
- pretreat,
- process,
- provide,
- provide a hedge,
- provide against,
- provide for,
- purge,
- put in shape,
- put in trim,
- ready,
- ready up,
- reef down,
- remove,
- root out,
- root up,
- scour out,
- settle preliminaries,
- shift ballast,
- shoot ballast,
- shorten sail,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- straighten up,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- sweep out,
- take measures,
- take precautions,
- take steps,
- tan,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- tidy,
- tidy up,
- treat,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim ship,
- trim up,
- try out,
- unclog,
- unfoul,
- vent,
- void,
- weed out,
- wing out ballast