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
StephenSTEEV-ən (English), STEF-ən (English)English, Biblical
Tai-Chinese
Mcdonough[mək'dʌnə]
Theodosios-Ancient Greek
Justinajus-TEE-nə (English)English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman
KristÍNa-Slovak