sweep out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

sweep out (third-person singular simple present sweeps out, present participle sweeping out, simple past and past participle swept out)

1. (transitive) to remove by sweeping or brushing.

   sweep out the dust

2. (transitive, idiomatic) to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted)
3. (mathematics) To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis

Anagrams

• outsweep, outweeps