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
Tallulah	tə-LOO-lə	English (Rare)
Bernhard	BERN-hahrt (German)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Jennifer	JEN-i-fər (English)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish
Rakhi	-	Indian, Hindi
Levent	-	Turkish
Shimon	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew