clean sweep
Americannoun
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an overwhelming or decisive victory, as by a political candidate who wins in all or almost all election districts.
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the winning of all the prizes, rounds, contests, etc., in a competition or of all the games in a series.
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a thorough or sweeping change, especially one effected by the large-scale removal or elimination of unwanted persons or things.
The new president made a clean sweep when he joined the company, replacing all the department heads.
Example Sentences
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She is aiming for a clean sweep of three golds in all of her events at the Milan-Cortina Games.
From Barron's
Now the multi-talented skier, who models and studies at Stanford, is aiming for a clean sweep of three golds in all of her events at the Milan-Cortina Games.
From Barron's
A clean sweep of the autumn followed, including the exhilarating win against New Zealand.
From BBC
His teammates Franjo von Allmen, in the downhill, and slalom specialist Loic Meillard both won golds, with the pair also taking the team combined title in a Swiss podium clean sweep with an astonishingly dominant display in the Austrian resort.
From Barron's
But she will face a stacked field, including Japan's Kokomo Murase, Reira Iwabuchi and Mari Fukada, who formed a clean sweep of the medals at last year's World Championships.
From BBC
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