sweep out
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sweep out (third-person singular simple present sweeps out, present participle sweeping out, simple past and past participle swept out)
- (transitive) to remove by sweeping or brushing.
- sweep out the dust
- (transitive, idiomatic) to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted)
- (mathematics) To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis