sweep out
phrasal verb
swept out; sweeping out; sweeps out
1
: to remove dust, dirt, etc., from (something) by using a broom or brush
Please sweep out the room when you're done working.
2
: to push, carry, or lift (someone or something) with great force
The debris was swept out to sea by the tide.
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The wildfires that swept out of Eaton Canyon this month were terrifying, swift and fierce.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Polling suggested that Trudeau, whose popularity had been dropping, would have been swept out of power in the next election by the opposition Conservative Party.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
—Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Santa Anas are notorious seasonal winds are withering, dry gusts that sweep out of the interior toward the coast, pushing back moist ocean breezes.
—Christopher Weber, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Polling suggested that Trudeau, whose popularity had been dropping, would have been swept out of power in the next election by the opposition Conservative Party.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
—Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Santa Anas are notorious seasonal winds are withering, dry gusts that sweep out of the interior toward the coast, pushing back moist ocean breezes.
—Christopher Weber, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Sweep out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweep%20out. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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