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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- sweep :a wide scope
- sweep :sweep across or over
- Her long skirt brushed the floor|A gasp swept cross the audience
- sweep :move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- The diva swept into the room|Shreds of paper sailed through the air|The searchlights swept across the sky
- sweep :sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- Sweep the crumbs off the table|Sweep under the bed
- sweep :force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- They were swept up by the events|don't drag me into this business
- sweep :to cover or extend over an area or time period
- Rivers traverse the valley floor|The parking lot spans 3 acres|The novel spans three centuries
- sweep :a movement in an arc
- sweep :clean by sweeping