to sweep up
41Sweep-saw — n. A bow saw. [1913 Webster] …
42sweep-secondhand — sweep sec·ond hand (swēpʹsĕk ənd) n. A long hand on a clock or watch that measures seconds by moving the space of a minute for each second. Also called sweep hand. * * * …
43sweep-second — /sweep sek euhnd/, n. (on a timepiece) a second hand that is a sweep hand. [1935 40] * * * …
44sweep (someone) off (their) feet — if someone sweeps you off your feet, you fall suddenly and completely in love with them. She was hoping that some glamorous young Frenchman would come along and sweep her off her feet …
45sweep something under the carpet — sweep (something) under the carpet British, American & Australian, American & Australian to try to hide a problem or keep a problem secret instead of dealing with it. The incident has forced into the open an issue that the government would rather …
46sweep under the carpet — sweep (something) under the carpet British, American & Australian, American & Australian to try to hide a problem or keep a problem secret instead of dealing with it. The incident has forced into the open an issue that the government would rather …
47sweep off — Sweep away, sweep, brush off, brush away …
48sweep things under the carpet — If people try to ignore unpleasant things and forget about them, they sweep them under the carpet …
49sweep the board — ► sweep the board win every event or prize in a contest. Main Entry: ↑sweep …
50sweep hand — n. SECOND HAND (sense 1): also sweep second hand …
