a clean sweep



a clean sweep

if you make a clean sweep, you win a competition or an election very easily or you win all the prizes in a competition China's women divers achieved a clean sweep in yesterday's competitions. Analysts are predicting a clean sweep for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections.
See also: clean, sweep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dragana-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
WaltherVAHL-ter (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Mele-Hawaiian
Iacomus-Late Roman
Cobb[kɔb]
Lesley['lesli]