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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
 """ Removes and returns an item from the queue. """

        value = self._queue.get(block, timeout)
        if self._queue.empty():
            self.clear()
        return value