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i have cleared vs i had cleared

Both phrases are correct, but 'I have cleared' is used in the present perfect tense to indicate an action that was completed recently or has relevance to the present. 'I had cleared' is used in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that was completed before another past action or time.
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i have cleared

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the present perfect tense.

Use 'I have cleared' in the present perfect tense to talk about an action that was completed recently or has relevance to the present.

Examples:

  • I have cleared the table after dinner.
  • She has cleared her doubts about the project.
  • Have you cleared the misunderstanding with your friend?
  • He has cleared the exam with flying colors.
  • The company has cleared all pending payments.
  • No, I have cleared him on multiple occasions.
  • By the time people realize the China thing is false, I'll have cleared $100 million and be living in a non-extradition country.
  • I assume you have cleared his name.
  • I thought you would have cleared the salt dome by now.
  • I haven't cleared the budget with my parents but tell me how this is for music.
  • I thought you'd have cleared out of here by now, too.
  • I know I should have cleared it with you first, but I know you were fighting with Crowder, so I thought you'd be okay with it.
  • I know I should have cleared it with you first, but I know you were fighting with crowder so I thought you'd be okay with it.
  • I have not been cleared so far.
  • I haven't been cleared of their false accusation.
  • - I'll have it cleared out by tomorrow.
  • I haven't been cleared to come back yet.
  • Give me another week, and I'll have us cleared to break ground on the hotel.
  • Give me another week, and I'll have us cleared to break ground on the hotel.
  • I'll have this cleared up in seconds.
  • I have not yet been cleared though to begin my treatment.
  • I have a drawer all cleared out for you.
  • I'll have the bar cleared out in an instant.
  • I will have this court cleared if there is not order!
  • If I do not have silence in the public gallery, I will have it cleared.

Alternatives:

  • I cleared
  • I have finished
  • I have completed
  • I have resolved
  • I have sorted out

i had cleared

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the past perfect tense.

Use 'I had cleared' in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that was completed before another past action or time.

Examples:

  • I had cleared the table before they arrived.
  • She had cleared her doubts by the time the meeting started.
  • Had you cleared the misunderstanding before he left?
  • He had cleared the exam before the results were announced.
  • The company had cleared all pending payments by the end of the month.
  • I thought everyone had cleared out.
  • I've had you cleared for this information.
  • I didn't realize I hadn't cleared The searches from the list From the...
  • I thought that the other officers I was with had cleared the room that I was in, but... but somebody was hiding, and they missed him.
  • Last transmission, I heard they had it cleared up to the third floor.
  • I had exonerated myself, cleared my name of any crimes of mental passion.
  • On the plus side, any chest congestion I had is now totally cleared up.
  • I thought the Vagrancy Act had cleared that nuisance off our streets.
  • So, before the morning mist had cleared, everyone was hard at work.
  • He was checking the premises to make sure all souls had cleared out.
  • They said the Peaky Blinders had cleared out to the fair to let them do it.
  • Well, that would be the case if your check had cleared, but since it didn't...
  • You had cleared your mind and heart of those who had kept you tethered to the human realm.
  • After the interrogators had cleared out, this little fellow turned up.
  • No, I said in the film that this very machine, in fact, had cleared 100 anti-tank mines.
  • The main measure of effectiveness was the number of patients whose keratoses had cleared after one or two four-week courses of treatment.
  • Anti-HPV levels in placebo subjects who had cleared an HPV infection (seropositive and PCR negative) were substantially lower than those induced by the vaccine.
  • It is he who personally ordered the start of proceedings, even though the investigation had cleared Mr Gollnisch.
  • When the smoke had cleared, the renewal bill was defeated by a single vote in the House and was deadlocked in the Senate.
  • You once told me that Villefort had you rearrested just after... he had cleared you of all the charges.

Alternatives:

  • I had finished
  • I had completed
  • I had resolved
  • I had sorted out

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