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Meanings of sweep up in anglès

portuguès
ser empurrado

Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.

ser empurrado
portuguès
abraçar
català
abraçar
espanyol
abrazar

Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.

abraçar
Sinònims
Examples for "embrace"
Examples for "embrace"
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The list was long and familiar: Be authentic; inspire purpose; embrace uncertainty.
The Irish Times
2
The government also decided to embrace freedom of information on Covid-related matters.
The Guardian
3
But don't expect foreign aid workers and companies to embrace this idea.
Wired
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But making money on consumer technology requires that consumers embrace that technology.
Wired
5
The Obama administration did not fully embrace the clinic challengers' position, however.
Reuters
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In order to achieve this result, Brazil decided to adopt new methods.
The Guardian
2
The Commission should adopt new rules by July, the lawmakers' resolution said.
Reuters
3
Another value Africans must adopt is love and concern for young people.
The Guardian
4
Relatively few Russian couples adopt despite state efforts to promote the practice.
Reuters
5
But they can only help public health if enough people adopt them.
Wired
1
Corporate social responsibility has become something that companies espouse, at least publicly.
The Guardian
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And music, theatre and film will be used to espouse environmental causes.
The Irish Times
3
The difference is that they espouse armed force to achieve their objectives.
The Guardian
4
It can help you to live up to the values you espouse.
Radio NZ
5
So shall ever perish those who espouse the cause of the poor.
The Coming of the King
Usage of sweep up in anglès
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Sudden doors flap, and gusts of brutal jollity sweep up the street.
Nights in London
2
This was even better, for sometimes hard winds sweep up the river.
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
3
I suppose he's going to sweep up many detachments of the enemy.
The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
4
Most mornings I sweep up crumbs of polystyrene, from chewed roof insulation.
The Irish Times
5
Now, Betty, get a dust-pan and brush and sweep up that glass.
Elsie's New Relations / What They Did and How They Fared at Ion;...
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But that it should sweep up my daughter in its... crudities-that'shard.
The clouds beneath the sun
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He went back to sweep up the glass, and straighten up the place.
The new yorker
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Spencer's father began to sweep up the broken pottery shards with a dustpan.
Pretty Little Secrets
9
We'd sweep up the ashes and be done with a lot of trouble.
The Lightning Thief
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She would sweep up and down the grass while she dictated.
Mary Gray
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Then nothing would be left but to sweep up the fragments.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
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From the west, bluish-black rain-clouds sweep up and open their sluice-gates.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
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When breakfast was over, it was his turn to sweep up.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
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We'll try to sweep up the mess afterwards. She sounded defeated and worn-out.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
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All that's left to do then is sweep up the theater and go home:
Automating system administration with perl
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The broom and dustpan sweep up the pieces, and consign them to the dustbin.
The Art of the Moving Picture
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Translations for sweep up
espanyol
abrazar
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