I would have to get clearance for you to see her.
You're getting clearance to take off if you don't already have it.
They did not get clearance to leave Houston until only a few months ago.
"He'd come to me to get clearance for things he wanted to say."
If you don't get positive clearance for each run, then go through dry.
"I'll probably go with three other guys, if anyone can get clearance from their wives," he said.
"But we're not supposed to start mixing until we get clearance."
Her final thought: "An unusual way to get clearance, but it got them through."
I want to be able to lift the instant we get clearance.
Getting clearance from government leaders - even prime ministers - is one thing.