sweep away

What does sweep away mean?

sweep away means "eliminate completely and without a trace". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sweep away?

Close synonyms include wipe out, sweep off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweep away a common word?

sweep away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sweep away come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.