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Meanings of clean sweep in English

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Usage of clean sweep in English
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This was the first time that England had achieved the clean sweep.
The Guardian
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Titmus was thrilled about winning gold though and leading another clean sweep.
News.com.au
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Can Rodgers now contemplate a third domestic clean sweep, a treble treble?
The Guardian
4
He could complete a clean sweep of the places for Irish-trained horses.
The Guardian
5
In fact, there was a clean sweep of all the Venetians in Florence.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete
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A clean sweep was required and new officials were assigned to Dublin Castle.
The Irish Times
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No; I must make a clean sweep of all your materials.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
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For the French it had been a clean sweep, without a single repulse.
My Second Year of the War
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Even the bookies are backing Manchester City for a clean sweep of silverware.
The South African
10
I thought Sir John had made a clean sweep of all the staff.
Mufti
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I have just won a clean sweep in a two-test series.
The Irish Times
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It was evidently to be a clean sweep, with nothing left.
Indiscreet Letters From Peking / Being the Notes of an Eye-Witne...
13
Working together, it seems as if they must make a pretty clean sweep.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers
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Ireland's women completed a clean sweep of the tournament last month.
The Irish Times
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The Springboks made a clean sweep of the Wallabies Down Under.
The South African
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That basement room looked like he made a pretty clean sweep.
Mr. Mercedes
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