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
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
The institutions of His age and land were corrupt well-nigh to the core, but He did not therefore make a clean sweep, and begin again.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
