clean chit

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

clean chit (countable and uncountable, plural clean chits)

  1. (India) A (usually oral) exoneration given by law enforcement agencies to suspects in a crime, likely to be flawed.
    Synonym: clean sheet

References[edit]

2013 April 1, S. Upendran, “Know your English”, in The Hindu

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