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
Dzvonko	-	Macedonian
Abaddon	ə-BAD-ən (English)	Biblical
Lorenz	LO-rents	German
Bertram	BUR-trəm (English), BER-trahm (German)	English, German, Ancient Germanic
AlbÍNa	-	Czech, Slovak
Bas	BAHS	Dutch