sweep the board



sweep the board

  (British)
to win all the prizes or votes in a competition or an election Her latest film swept the boards at last night's cinema awards. The liberals look set to sweep the board in the local elections.
See also: board, sweep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NoÉMieno-e-MEEFrench
Torvald-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Apostol-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Khajag-Armenian
Salome[sə'ləumi]
Dagur-Icelandic