clean sweep

noun

: a victory in which one side or team wins every game, contest, etc.

The Red Sox won the series in a clean sweep.

The election was a clean sweep for local Democratic candidates.

: a complete change in something

The new governor has made a clean sweep of the staff in the governor's mansion.

Examples of clean sweep in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to Rusch, solar power company Sunrun could be a major beneficiary of a Democratic clean sweep. —

Pia Singh, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024 But Trump might have sealed a clean sweep of the nation. —

Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024 Without Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes, Harris could need a clean sweep of swing states Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia to win the election. —

Zachary Basu, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024 Gymnast Yang Wei won gold in the all-around and team events as China almost completed a clean sweep in the men’s events. —

George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clean sweep

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