sweep

/swip/ v [T always + adv/prep] (past tense and past participle swept /swept/) (REMOVE)

Definition

› to remove or take something in a particular direction, esp. suddenly and with force: She paused, sweeping a hair from her brow. [M] Floodwaters were sweeping away gardens and driving residents to higher ground.

(Definition of sweep v (REMOVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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sweep n WIN
sweep someone off their feet idiom
sweep something under the rug idiom
sweep v CLEAN
sweep v MOVE
sweep v REMOVE
sweep v WIN
sweeping adj
sweepstakes pl n
sweet adj
sweet pepper n

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