sweep off

1. 1.

   overwhelm emotionally

   “Her swept her away”

   Synonymssweep away

   Broaderaffect

Questions about sweep off

What does sweep off mean?

sweep off means "overwhelm emotionally".

What is another word for sweep off?

Close synonyms include sweep away. 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 off a common word?

sweep off 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.