sweep off

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sweep something off (of) something and sweep something off

to remove something by sweeping. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The waiter swept the crumbs off the tablecloth. He swept off the crumbs.

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It was too dark in these storage places to see well, but a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context You were to have no capital punishment, but were first to sweep off the face of the earth all legislators, jurists, and judges, who were of the contrary opinion. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context "Nothing but vast wisdom and unlimited power should dare to sweep off men in multitudes," he added; "for it is only the one that can know the necessity of the judgment; and what is there, short of the other, that can replace the creatures of the Lord? The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			swear like a trooper swear off swear on swear on a stack of Bibles swear out against swear to swear up and down sweat sweat blood sweat buckets sweat bullets sweat for sweat like a pig sweat off sweat out sweat out of sweep sweep along sweep aside sweep away sweep back sweep down sweep down on sweep in sweep into sweep off sweep off feet sweep one off feet sweep out of sweep out of some place sweep over sweep the board sweep through sweep under the carpet sweep under the rug sweep up sweep up after sweet sweet and sour sweet as honey sweet Fanny Adams sweet nothings sweet on sweet-talk sweet-talk into sweeten sweeten the deal sweeten the pot sweeten up sweetheart agreement sweetness			sweep amplifier Sweep and Clear Sweep angle sweep aside sweep aside sweep aside sweep away sweep away sweep away sweep back sweep circuit Sweep Control Sequence sweep down sweep down sweep down on Sweep Duration sweep fitting Sweep Frequency Analyzer Sweep Frequency Response Analysis sweep generator sweep hand sweep in sweep in to place sweep into sweep jamming sweep jamming sweep lock Sweep net sweep oar Sweep of the tiller sweep off sweep off feet sweep off their feet sweep off their feet sweep off their feet sweep off their feet sweep one off feet sweep oscillator sweep out sweep out sweep out sweep out of sweep out of some place sweep over sweep over Sweep Pattern Reversal Visual Evoked Response sweep rate Sweep Select sweep strip sweep tapping sweep tee sweep test sweep the board Sweep the Leg Johnny sweep through sweep through Sweep to Fill Order Sweep to Fill Orders sweep under the carpet sweep under the carpet sweep under the carpet

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