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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 _clear_minimum_terms(self, match_key):
 """clears minimum match_key term values"""

        try:  # clear match = True case
            del self._query_terms[match_key]['$gte']
        except KeyError:
            pass
        try:  # clear match = False case
            del self._query_terms[match_key]['$lt']
        except KeyError:
            pass
        try:
            if self._query_terms[match_key] == {}:
                del self._query_terms[match_key]
        except KeyError:
            pass