make a clean sweep

一扫而光一扫而空大扫除一扫而过

make a clean sweep 的定义

  1. Remove or eliminate unwanted persons or things, as in The new owners made a clean sweep of the place, intending to replace all the equipment. This phrase replaced the much older general sweep. [Mid-1800s]

make a clean sweep 近义词

make a clean sweep

等同于 shake up

make a clean sweep

等同于 clear the decks

make a clean sweep 的近义词 5

更多make a clean sweep例句

  1. Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.
  2. With Charlie Hebdo, “you really have a clean case here,” Shearer said.
  3. And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.
  4. The court ruled she lacked the maturity to make her own medical decisions.
  5. ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
  6. And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
  7. She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
  8. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
  9. Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
  10. Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.