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"clear something up" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you need to explain or clarify something so that it is easier to understand, or to resolve a misunderstanding. For example: "Sorry, I didn't want to sound rude. Let me try to clarify what I meant - I think we should move on to the next topic."
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Let's clear something up now.
"I have got to clear something up," he said.
I saw the market manager at a function, went right up to him and said, "I have to clear something up".
Asked whether the abuse he received could help to create a siege mentality among the players, McCarthy replied: "Yes, but let me clear something up, it doesn't help.
"We're here to try to clear something up," Mr. Esposto said, before asking a series of questions that began with Mr. Schiefen's computer habits and led to his preference in pornography.
He said that he knew nothing about the closures, and he wanted everyone to know that he hardly knew Wildstein: "Let me just clear something up, O.K., about my childhood friend David Wildstein".
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Sir Nodward of Holdershire (1)! Let's start by clearing something up: were you really a roadie for Robert Plant?
But at least it clears something up.
8.42am GMT Anne Geraghty clears something up.
Another Democratic strategist, who like more than a dozen interviewed for this article asked for anonymity so as not to upset potential employers, said it was clear something was up from the social media activity of friends.
Oh, and let's clear something else up right now - the reason we haven't had this car before is not because of internal wranglings about overlap with the 911, it's because the GT division hasn't had the manpower and resources to be able to do it.
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