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.
- 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