clean sweep

clean sweep
Synonyms and related words:
bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean slate, computer revolution, convulsion, counterrevolution, debacle, overthrow, overturn, palace revolution, radical change, revolt, revolution, revolutionary war, revulsion, spasm, striking alteration, subversion, sweeping change, tabula rasa, technological revolution, total change, transilience, upset, violent change

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  • clean\ sweep — n. phr. A complete victory. Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent …   Словарь американских идиом

  • clean sweep —    If someone makes a clean sweep, they win absolutely everything in a competition or contest.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Clean sweep (naval) — A broom on the USS Wahoo, Pearl Harbor, 1943 A clean sweep for a naval vessel refers to having swept the enemy from the seas, a completely successful mission. It is traditionally indicated by hanging a broom from a mast or lashing it to the… …   Wikipedia

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