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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lea	LE-ah (German, Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian
TadhgÁN	-	Irish
Fortune	['fɔ:tʃən]
Bloom	[blu:m]
Xeno	-	Ancient Greek
Erramun	-	Basque