clean sweep
noun
1.
an overwhelming or decisive victory, as by a political candidate who wins in all or almost all election districts.
2.
the winning of all the prizes, rounds, contests, etc., in a competition or of all the games in a series.
3.
a thorough or sweeping change, especially one effected by the large-scale removal or elimination of unwanted persons or things:
The new president made a clean sweep when he joined the company, replacing all the department heads.
Examples from the web for
clean sweep
In the end one has only raised more dust where one wished to make a
clean sweep
.
In some years, the move from general staff to industry is a virtual
clean sweep
.
If this information is to be credited, the damage in the town proper must be in the nature of a
clean sweep
.
Send old paint, fertilizer and other chemicals to your local community
clean sweep
program.
Slang definitions & phrases for
clean sweep
clean sweep
noun
A broad change that has a sweeping effect
: made a clean sweep of his life
Idioms and Phrases with
clean sweep
clean sweep
see:
make a clean sweep