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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Stephen | | STEEV-ən (English), STEF-ən (English) | English, Biblical |
| Tai | | - | Chinese |
| Mcdonough | | [mək'dʌnə] | |
| Theodosios | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Justina | | jus-TEE-nə (English) | English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman |
| KristÍNa | | - | Slovak |