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 dons were only too glad to make a clean sweep of the rowdy lot in the college, and about ten of them were sent down the next morning.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.