english
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sweep sb along
[ M often passive ]
If a feeling or someone's behaviour sweeps you along, it makes you feel very enthusiastic about an activity and very involved in it
• We were swept along by her eloquence., sweep sth aside
[ M ]
to refuse to consider something or to treat it as important
• They swept his doubts and objections aside.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun ADJ. broad, great, long, wide The house overlooks the great sweep of the St Lawrence river. | grand, grandiose He dismissed his assistant with a grandiose sweep of his hand. | comprehensive Her eyes made a comprehensive sweep of the room. | upward The upward sweep of her hair was held in place by a comb. | elegant, fine, graceful VERB + SWEEP make, take We made a wide sweep south to the River Dee. PREP. in one ~ (figurative) Thousands of jobs were lost in one broad sweep. | with a ~ with a sweep of his arm
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
cleans:
She sweeps the floor every day.
verb
ranged throughout:
The plague swept Europe.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idioms beginning with SWEEP, Also see MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP; NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN; (SWEEP) OFF SOMEONE'S FEET.
American Heritage Idioms