sweep down on (someone or something)

sweep down on (someone or something)

To rush, flow, or pour down on someone or something. A great flood swept down on the small town after the dam burst. A frigid wind swept down on us from the summit, chilling us to our bones.
See also: down, on, sweep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sweep down on someone or something

to flow or rush down onto someone or something. The storm swept down on the campers. A flash flood swept down on the streambed.
See also: down, on, sweep
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • come down in buckets
  • be down to (do something)
  • be down to something
  • come a gutser
  • bucket down
  • bog
  • bog down
  • bogged down
  • champ down on (someone or something)
  • bear down