sweep
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sweep |
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Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes,
S-curve, aberrancy, aberration, advance, airscape, ambit, arc, arch, ball the jack,
barrel, be effortless, be painless, bend, bend back, bending, bias, bingo, boom, bow, bowing, bowl, bowl
along, branching off, breeze, breeze along, broom, brush, brush by, brush off, bunt, butt,
carry, cascade, cataract, chase, chimney sweep, circle, circuitousness, cityscape, class lottery, clean, cleanser, clear,
clear sight, clearance, clip,
cloudscape, coast, coasting, color vision, compass, cone vision, conflexure, corner, course, cover, crook, crossing sweeper, curl, curvature, curve, cut along,
dash, day vision, daylight vision, declination, decurve, deflect, deflection, deluge, demolish, departure, depredate, despoil, destroy, detour,
deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, diapason, digression, discernment, discursion, divagation,
divarication, divergence, diversion,
do, dogleg, dome, double, draft lottery, drawing, drift, drifting, drive, embow, encompass, engulf, environ, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, extend, extension, extent, eye-mindedness, eye, eyesight, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision,
flat race, flection, fleece,
fleet, flex, flexure, flit, flood, flounce, flow, flowing, flue cleaner, fly, fly low, foot, forage, foray, forward, freeboot, gamut, geanticline, geosyncline, give no trouble, glance, glide, gliding, glissade, go, go easily, go fast,
go like clockwork, go out, go over,
grab bag, graze, gut,
hairpin, hairpin turn, handicap,
handicap race, harness race, highball, hold, home on, hook, horizon, horse race, hump, hunch, hurdle race, ice-skate, identify, impel, incurvate, incurve, indirection, inflect,
inflection, interest lottery, inundate, keen sight, ken, keno, kiss, landscape, lie, lookout, loop, loot, lottery, lotto, make knots,
map, maraud, march, meander, measure, move, night vision, nip, number lottery, numbers pool, oar, obliquity,
orbit, outlook, outstrip the wind,
overbrim, overflow, overpass,
overrun, overwhelm, oxbow,
paddle, panorama, parade, pass, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedal,
perambulate, perception, peregrinate, pererrate, pererration, peripheral field,
peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia, pick up, pillage, pinpoint, plate race, plunder, ply, pole, pour it on, pour out, pour over, power of sight, present no difficulties, prey on,
propel, prospect, purge, purse race, purview, push, quarter-horse race, quick sight, radius, raffle, raid, rambling, range, range over, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reach, reach out,
receive, reconnoiter, recurve,
reflect, reflection, reflex, register, reive, remove, retroflex, rifle, rip, riverscape, rod vision, roll, roller-skate, round, row, run, run over,
run smoothly, sack, sag,
sail, sailing, scale, scan, scape, scavenger, scene, scenery,
scenic view, scope, scorch,
scotopia, scour, scour the country, scout, scrape, scull,
seascape, seeing, sense of sight, sheer, shift, shifting,
shifting course, shifting path, shove, shunt, sideslip, sight, sightedness, sizzle, skate, skateboard, skating, skew, ski, skid, skiing, skim, skyscape, slant, sled, sledding, sleigh, slide, sliding, slip, slipping, slither, slithering,
slop, slosh, span, spectrum, speed, spill, spill out, spill over, spoil, spoliate, spot, spread, stake, stake race, steeplechase, steering oar, storm along, straddle, straying, street sweeper, stretch, stretch out, stroke,
submerge, surround, swag, swamp, sweep along, sweep away,
sweep out, sweep up, sweeper, sweeping, sweepstake, sweepstakes, swerve, swerving, swing,
swinging, swoop, tack, take in, tear, tear along, thrust, thrust out, thunder along, tidy up, toboggan, tobogganing, tombola, tontine, touch lightly, touch upon,
townscape, track, transit,
travel over, travel through, traverse, treadle, trigger, troll, trotting race, trundle, tune in, turn, turning, twilight vision, twist, unobstructed vision, vacuum-clean, vacuum, variation, vault, veer, view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, voyage, wandering, warp, waterscape, whelm, whisk, whitewing, whiz, wind, wing, wipe out, work well, yaw, zigzag, zing, zip, zoom
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clean sweep |
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bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown,
breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean slate, computer revolution, convulsion, counterrevolution, debacle,
overthrow, overturn, palace revolution,
radical change, revolt, revolution,
revolutionary war, revulsion, spasm,
striking alteration, subversion, sweeping change, tabula rasa, technological revolution, total change, transilience, upset, violent change
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sweep out |
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bleach, blow, blow out, bowdlerize, broom, brush, brush off, clean,
clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks,
defecate, delouse, deplete, depurate, deterge, drain,
dry-clean, dust, dust off,
eliminate, empty, empty out,
evacuate, exhaust, expurgate, freshen, lustrate, purge, purify, reform, remove, scavenge, scour out, spruce, steam-clean, sweep, sweep up, sweeten, tidy, unclog, unfoul, vacuum-clean, vacuum,
vent, void, whisk, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up
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Main entries similar to: sweep
aberration, advance, ambit, arch, ball the jack, barrel, bend, bias,
bingo, boom, bow, bowl, breadth, breeze, brush, brush off,
bunt, butt, carry, cascade, cataract, chase, clean, clip,
coast, compass, confine, corner, course, cover, crook, curl,
curve, declination, deflect, deflection, deluge, departure, depredate, Derby, despoil, detour, diapason, digression, discernment, discursion, distance, divergence, diversion, do, dogleg, dome, double, drawing, drift,
drive, encompass, engulf, errantry, excursion, expanse, extend, extension, extent, eye, eyesight, field, flection,
fleece, fleet, flex, flexure, flit, flood, flow, fly, foot, forage, foray,
forward, freeboot, freedom, gamut, glance, glide, glissade, go,
go out, go over, graze, gut, hairpin, handicap, highball, hold,
home in on, hook, horizon, hump, hunch, ice-skate, identify, impel,
incurve, indirection, inflect, inflection, inundate, ken, keno, kiss,
landscape, lie, lookout, loop, loot, map, maraud, meander,
measure, move, nip, oar, orbit, outlook, overflow, overpass,
overrun, overwhelm, paddle, panorama, pass, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedal, perambulate, perception, peregrinate, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity,
pick up, pillage, pinpoint, plunder, ply, pole, pour it on, propel, prospect, purview, push, radius, raffle,
raid, rambling, range, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reach,
reach out, realm, receive, reconnoiter, reflect, reflection, reflex, register, retroflex, rifle, rip, roll, roller-skate, round, row, run, run over, sack,
sag, sail, sailing, scale, scan, scape, scavenger, scene,
scenery, scope, scorch, scour, scout, scrape, scull, seascape,
sheer, shift, shifting, shove, shunt, sight, sizzle, skate,
skateboard, skew, ski, skid, skim, slant, sled, sleigh, slide, sliding, slip,
slither, slithering, slop, slosh, span, spectrum, speed, spill,
spill over, spoil, spoliate, spot, spread, stake, steeplechase, storm, straddle, straying, stretch, stretch out, surround, swag, swamp, sway, sweep out, sweeping,
sweepstakes, swerve, swerving, swing, swinging, swoop, tack, take in,
tear, thrust, thrust out, touch upon, track, trail, transit, travel,
traverse, treadle, troll, trundle, turn, turning, twist, vacuum,
variation, vault, veer, view, vista, voyage, wandering, warp,
well, whelm, whisk, whiz, wind, wing, work well, yaw, zigzag, zing, zip,
zoom
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