Clean sweep

Clean sweep

Clean sweep may refer to:

  • Clean Sweep, an American television series
  • clean sweep (naval), a naval expression meaning a successful mission
  • Clean-Sweep, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Clean Sweep (The Hardy Boys), a Hardy Boys novel
  • Operation Clean Sweep, a 2004 coalition counterinsurgency operation in Iraq
  • Quarterdeck CleanSweep, a software utility for Microsoft Windows used to uninstall applications.

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  • clean sweep — If someone makes a clean sweep, they win absolutely everything in a competition or contest …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Clean Sweep — For other uses, see Clean sweep (disambiguation). Clean Sweep Clean Sweep Format Home Improvement Country of origin …   Wikipedia

  • clean sweep — 1. an overwhelming or decisive victory, as by a political candidate who wins in all or almost all election districts. 2. the winning of all the prizes, rounds, contests, etc., in a competition or of all the games in a series. 3. a thorough or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • clean sweep — {n. phr.} A complete victory. * /Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • clean sweep — {n. phr.} A complete victory. * /Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • clean sweep — n. a broad movement clearing or affecting everything in the pathway. (Usually figurative.) □ The boss and everybody in the front office got canned in a clean sweep from upstairs. □ Everybody got a raise. It was a clean sweep …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • clean sweep — 1. an overwhelming or decisive victory, as by a political candidate who wins in all or almost all election districts. 2. the winning of all the prizes, rounds, contests, etc., in a competition or of all the games in a series. 3. a thorough or… …   Universalium

  • clean\ sweep — n. phr. A complete victory. Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent …   Словарь американских идиом

  • clean sweep —    If someone makes a clean sweep, they win absolutely everything in a competition or contest.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Clean sweep (naval) — A broom on the USS Wahoo, Pearl Harbor, 1943 A clean sweep for a naval vessel refers to having swept the enemy from the seas, a completely successful mission. It is traditionally indicated by hanging a broom from a mast or lashing it to the… …   Wikipedia

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