klaar, verb

/klɑː(r)/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Adaptation of Afrikaans uitklaar to clear; or klaar finished.
1. intransitive. Army slang. In the phrase to klaar out [partial translation of Afrikaans klaar uit, uitklaar to get clearance to leave (as used specifically of the army), which was in turn perhaps influenced by English clear out to get out (of an unpleasant situation)], to be discharged from the army, having completed the compulsory term of national service; to clear out, see clear.
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Hence klaaring out  verbal noun phrase, discharge from the army; clearing out, see clear; also attributive; so klaar uit /- ˈeɪt//- ˈœɪt/ noun phrase [Afrikaans uit out], discharge from the army.
1977 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Klaar out. Be discharged (from the Army).
1980 Armed Forces May 9Gary will be in army terms ‘Klaaring out’ in December.
1983 Sunday Times 4 Sept. (Lifestyle) 1The Vietnam Syndrome. It occurs often — obviously, since there is a new batch of ex-soldiers ‘klaring out’ every six months.
1984 Cape Times 19 Jan. (Car Finder) 8No GST! If you have just klaared out from the army..come to Subway Renault...Your ‘klaaring out’ papers could save you a bundle.
1986 Uniform 16 June 9Klaaring out soon doesn’t mean that you can start wearing some of your ‘civvies’!
1989 Personality 6 Mar. 72Well, min dae came along at last and after klaar uit and beers and braais with the family I was ready to put my plan into action.
1989 Sunday Times 24 Dec. 23Gwen Gill’s A-to-Z of the decade: Koo Starke, Kupido, Kubus, Koeberg,..klaaring out (now much sooner than expected).
1992 E.M. Macphail Mrs Chud’s Place 71He hoped by going into the army straight after school, and later call-ups, that he could get out of doing the course his father wanted him to do...But he needn’t have worried because by the time he klaared out, his father wasn’t interested anymore.
1994 E. Prov. Herald 25 June 2 (caption)‘We came, we saw and we klaared out’, said some of the relieved national servicemen who have been demobilising from Eastern Province Command.
‖2. transitive. slang. To finish (something).
1991 Scope 31 May 54Women are happy to stand barefoot and pregnant at the kitchen sink, boetie, never mind waiting in the car with the kids while an ou klaars his dop.
In the phrase to klaar out, to be discharged from the army, having completed the compulsory term of national service; to clear out, see clear.
discharge from the army.
To finish (something).
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