make a clean sweep
Example Sentences
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Arkansas beat both Auburn and Kentucky and could make a clean sweep with a second win over the Vols.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022
A third, “Fool’s House,” in Philadelphia, has a broom attached, as if to make a clean sweep.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021
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
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)
