make a clean sweep

Example Sentences

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“Seattle may win tonight, but after that, I shall be greatly surprised if my men do not make a clean sweep of it.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2017

When it comes to organizing, make a clean sweep and resolve to start -- this is often the biggest hurdle to cross.

From US News • Jun. 4, 2015

It’s a race to the starting line this frigid Monday morning, and anyone hoping to make a clean sweep of the day’s events will have to be up by cock’s-crow, or just about.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2015

Writing on Facebook, : "The reason given was that the new channel controller wanted to make a clean sweep."

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2011

Or had I better polish off our own family history and make a clean sweep of ourselves before beginning on anybody else?

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)