Clear out
Clear out verb - To cause (members of a group) to move widely apart.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In his time with the Penguins, he created the Murphy Dump, as coined by broadcaster Mike Lange: Murphy would clear out the puck from his zone so that it traveled just enough not to cause an icing call.
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