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
Grga-Croatian
Adrianoahd-RYAH-no (Italian)Italian, Portuguese
Amparoahm-PAH-roSpanish
Eiluned-Welsh
Jelisaveta-Serbian
Manju-Indian, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu