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sweep away
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Princeton's WordNet
wipe out, sweep awayverb
eliminate completely and without a trace
"The old values have been wiped out"
sweep away, sweep offverb
overwhelm emotionally
"Her swept her away"
Wiktionary
sweep awayverb
To remove something by, or as if by, sweeping.
sweep awayverb
To overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet.
sweep awayverb
to completely destroy, to annihilate
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sweep away
To sweep away generally means to forcibly remove or eliminate something completely, often rapidly or decisively. It can be used literally to refer to a physical act, like a flood sweeping away a house, or metaphorically, such as a new technology sweeping away old methods.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sweep away in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sweep away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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