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
RozĀLija-Latvian
Viator-Late Roman
Vladislavavlah-dee-SLAH-vah (Russian)Russian, Czech
Oluwaseyi-Western African, Yoruba
Nithin-Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
PattyPAT-eeEnglish