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单词 sweepout
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sweep-out
Also with adverbs: e.g. to give a room a good sweep, sweep-out, or sweep-up.extracted from sweepn.
sweep-out
sweep-out n.
Brit. /ˈswiːpaʊt/
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U.S. /ˈswipˌaʊt/
an act of sweeping out; (U.S. colloquial) a clearance or purge.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance > specifically of persons
expurgation1615
purge1893
sweep-out1947
long knives1967
1947 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Aug. 12/8 Governor Lane has ordered a sweep-out at the Board of Supervisors of Elections... About 30 places on the pay roll..are slated to be pulled out from under employés who are on the wrong side of the Democratic factional fence.
1978 Detroit Free Press 6 Apr. e 5/3 A total of 47 rookies won jobs this season, reflecting a lot of dead wood on the rosters. ‘Next year’, predicts our source, ‘will see an even bigger sweep-out.’
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