sweep out

phrasal verb

swept out; sweeping out; sweeps out

1

: to remove dust, dirt, etc., from (something) by using a broom or brush

Please sweep out the room when you're done working.

2

: to push, carry, or lift (someone or something) with great force

The debris was swept out to sea by the tide.

Examples of sweep out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The scaffolding was erected against a building, but was swept out by the wind around 2 p.m., forcing emergency responders to divert traffic and pedestrians away from area. —Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024

Kevin Durant, Beal’s teammate, has now been swept out of the first round twice in the past three years. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024

For example, his government dissolved public media as the quickest way to resolve a leadership dispute and sweep out journalists installed by Law and Justice. —Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024

The 2015-2016 Panthers lost in the first round, and the 2021-2022 squad was swept out of the second round by Tampa Bay. —Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024

Felipe Ribeiro Desouza was in the water at New Smyrna Beach on Saturday, March 30 when he was caught in a riptide swept out to sea, according to Fox affiliate WSVN and NBC affiliate WESH. —Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024

And this isn’t even to suggest HC Nick Sirianni and his staff deserve to be swept out less than a year after coming oh-so-close to winning Super Bowl 57. —Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024

Last month, a man drowned in a pond in Maine while trying to rescue his two daughters, who had been swept out to a deeper section where the pond meets a river, the Associated Press reported, citing the Maine Warden Service. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023

Espino and her uncle swept out the wet snow from the back and continued working, though there were barely any customers through the morning. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024