clean sweep

1. A large-scale removal of unwanted people or objects to expedite change. In an effort to save the company, the new CEO made a clean sweep and replaced everyone in the finance department. Wow, the garage looks completely different after our big clean sweep!

2. A victory by a large margin, especially one in which the opposing side accumulated none or a very small fraction of the votes, points, etc., required to win. Used especially in politics. The election was a clean sweep for the senator, who won in nearly every county. My team achieved a clean sweep at the national mathematics competition.

clean sweep

a broad movement clearing or affecting everything in its pathway. The manager and everybody in accounting got fired in a clean sweep of that department. Everybody got a pay rise. It was a clean sweep.

clean sweep

n. a broad movement clearing or affecting everything in the pathway. (Usually figurative.) Everybody got a raise. It was a clean sweep.

clean sweep, (make) a

Get rid of anything or anyone old, extraneous, unwanted. The term often refers to new officeholders who are extremely zealous about making a completely new start. It probably came from the much older locution, “New broom sweeps clean,” quoted in John Heywood’s proverb collection of 1546 and repeated often over the years, but now virtually obsolete.

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释义	clean sweep clean sweep 1. A large-scale removal of unwanted people or objects to expedite change. In an effort to save the company, the new CEO made a clean sweep and replaced everyone in the finance department. Wow, the garage looks completely different after our big clean sweep! 2. A victory by a large margin, especially one in which the opposing side accumulated none or a very small fraction of the votes, points, etc., required to win. Used especially in politics. The election was a clean sweep for the senator, who won in nearly every county. My team achieved a clean sweep at the national mathematics competition. See also: clean, sweep Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. clean sweep a broad movement clearing or affecting everything in its pathway. The manager and everybody in accounting got fired in a clean sweep of that department. Everybody got a pay rise. It was a clean sweep. See also: clean, sweep McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. clean sweep n. a broad movement clearing or affecting everything in the pathway. (Usually figurative.) Everybody got a raise. It was a clean sweep. See also: clean, sweep McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions clean sweep, (make) a Get rid of anything or anyone old, extraneous, unwanted. The term often refers to new officeholders who are extremely zealous about making a completely new start. It probably came from the much older locution, “New broom sweeps clean,” quoted in John Heywood’s proverb collection of 1546 and repeated often over the years, but now virtually obsolete. See also: clean The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: clean sweep, (make) a thick on the ground thick/thin on the ground cook the books cue (right) on cue cook the accounts a/the fish rots from the head down a/the fish stinks from the head down chain of command References in classic literature I was a man now, and I made a clean sweep of everything that bound me to my boyhood. John Barleycorn I want to make a clean sweep of everything I've learnt and start fresh. Of Human Bondage You anarchists should make it clear that you are perfectly determined to make a clean sweep of the whole social creation. The Secret Agent It might be the making of our fortune to make a clean sweep of them both. Our Mutual Friend He makes a clean sweep of all untidy accumulations, puts all his drawers in order, and leaves no note or scrap of paper undestroyed, save such memoranda as bear directly on his studies. The Mystery of Edwin Drood In the late fall of that year Emil Gluck made a clean sweep of the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida. The Strength of the Strong We will make a clean sweep of all these psychological points, of a suspicion against you, so that your crime will appear to have been something like an aberration, for in truth it was an aberration. Crime And Punishment There were barns and peasants' cabins to destroy, and pits full of potatoes and beetroot; the army had been without vitual, and now it fairly ran riot, the first comers, as you might expect, making a clean sweep of everything. The Country Doctor I put up with it, but I immediately pulled down the cow barn, the pigsties, the chicken houses, everything--made a clean sweep. They shook their heads and groaned when they saw such wanton waste by a widow struggling to make a living. The Valley of the Moon The defeat meant yet another clean sweep for West Indies, after they suffered a chastening 318-run defeat also inside four days in Antigua a week-and-a-half ago. CRICKET-WIS/IND-UPDATE 2 Windies suffer clean sweep with heavy 257-run defeat ISLAMABAD -- Allrounder Mohammad Haris scored an unbeaten halfcentury and took two wickets to lead Pakistan Under19 to a seven wicket win against South Africa Under-19 in the seventh 50- 0ver match played at the Chatsworth Cricket Oval in Durban on Sunday and help Pakistan record a clean sweep over the hosts South Africa. Haris's all-round display helps Pakistan whitewash South Africa LAHORE -- All-rounder Mohammad Haris scored an unbeaten half-century and took two wickets to lead Pakistan U19 to a seven wicket win against South Africa U19 in the seventh 50-0ver match played at the Chatsworth Cricket Oval in Durban on Sunday and help Pakistan record a clean sweep over South Africa U19. Haris's all-round display helps Pak U19 record a clean sweep over South Africa Summary: New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday said that BJP would clean sweep the assembly elections in the state which are going to be held later in the year. We target to win 65 Assembly seats in Jharkhand, says Chief Minister Das LLC announced it is enhancing its efforts to eliminate plastic pellet spills by becoming a member of Operation Clean Sweep Blue. Chevron Phillips Chemical to Participate in Operation Clean Sweep Blue Chevron Phillips Chemical, which jointly owned by Chevron (CVX) and Phillips 66 (PSX), announced it is enhancing its sustainability efforts to eliminate plastic pellet spills by becoming a member of Operation Clean Sweep Blue. Chevron Phillips Chemical to begin reporting pellet spills
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