sweep : Idioms & Phrases

• one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.

Webster 1913

• verb eliminate completely and without a trace
  wipe out.
  
  • The old values have been wiped out
• verb overwhelm emotionally
  sweep away.
  
  • Her swept her away

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• noun a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes
  sweep hand.
  

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• a net for drawing over a large compass.

Webster 1913

• noun a long oar used in an open boat
  sweep.
  

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• (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses.

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• verb overwhelm emotionally
  sweep away.
  
  • Her swept her away

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• verb overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  overtake; overwhelm; overpower; whelm; overcome.
  

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• verb succeed at easily
  ace; nail; sail through; pass with flying colors; breeze through.
  
  • She sailed through her exams
  • You will pass with flying colors
  • She nailed her astrophysics course

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• verb to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others
  
  • The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug

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• verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
  embroil; sweep; drag; drag in; tangle.
  
  • They were swept up by the events
  • don't drag me into this business
• verb take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  adopt; embrace; espouse.
  
  • She embraced Catholicism
  • They adopted the Jewish faith

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Sweep"-saw` noun

Definitions

1. A bow-saw.

Webster 1913

• noun a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes
  sweep hand.
  

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• adjective satellite pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
  tempest-tost; storm-tossed; buffeted; tempest-tossed.
  

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• (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.

Webster 1913

• (Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern.

Webster 1913

• . Same as Sweep, n., 12.

Webster 1913