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
Evidently the Germans had tried to make a clean sweep of the forty miles and more they covered like a vast fan, in falling back to the prepared positions along the Aisne.
From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Marlow, Ralph
