leave the field clear for

leave the field clear for somebody

to stop competing with someone, which gives them a better chance of achieving success John decided not to apply for the job, which left the field clear for Emma.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
PaweŁ	PAH-vew	Polish
Shashi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu
KadrİYe	-	Turkish
Maja (1)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish
Baron	['bærən]
Chrysanthos	-	Greek, Ancient Greek