The phrase "a clean move" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is done smoothly, efficiently, or without complications, often in a strategic context.
Example: "The player executed a clean move, effortlessly dodging the defender and scoring a goal."
Alternatives: "a smooth maneuver" or "a neat action."
Later, Gordon said: "I made a clean move, and I don't think he wanted me to pass him.
"I would not care if we had to move every six months as long as it was a clean move," he says.
"There are so many times that I'll come around the corner with a clean move, and I think I've got the quarterback dead in my sights, and he's already beaten his guy," Robison said.
Keselowski did make it hard for Busch to pass him late in the race, when Keselowski was fighting not to go a lap down, but Busch made a clean move around him in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after several attempts.
Daniel Fidler of Spin called the album "a clean move toward musical excellence" and commented that it "shows the band bursting its Sub Pop chains with catchy, heavy guitar riffs, downright lovable song arrangements, melodies that jerk your emotions back and forth, and yes, endearing, raspy vocals that wail, moan, scream, and shout".
The make-a-clean-breast move won Mr. McCain an important convert, William Cheshire, the editorial page editor of The Republic.
When that room is clean, move onto the next.
To that end, I would be happy to show the home to prospective tenants and hand out rental applications and leave the home in a clean and move-in ready condition to allow new tenants to move in promptly.
Strain the sauce through a colander into a clean pan, moving the shells with a spoon to ensure all the sauce goes through.
Upgrading from Vista is easy, but upgrading from Windows XP involves a "clean install"— moving all your programs and files off the hard drive, installing Windows 7, then copying everything back on again.
"They are trying to draw a line under this and get Bob a clean sheet to move forward," said Nick McGregor, investment manager at Redmayne-Bentley, a stock brokerage firm in Britain.
