noun

• 1Soccer
  A match in which a team or goalkeeper prevents the opposing side from scoring.

  ‘Chelsea have failed to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive league games’

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  • ‘to come out of the game with a clean sheet is a confidence booster’
  • ‘Connors earned himself man of the match status by keeping a clean sheet’

• 2US An absence of existing restraints or commitments.

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  • ‘no government starts with a clean sheet’