clean sweep
Won every contest
A clean sweep is a complete victory or thorough removal of everything in a category.
A team makes a clean sweep by winning every game in a series.
A political party achieves a clean sweep by taking all contested seats.
The phrase suggests nothing left behind—sweeping so thoroughly that no trace remains: The new CEO made a clean sweep of the old management.
Mass of earth falling
- shutoutGame with lopsided scoring
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- dominationSupreme authority held
blowout · decisive · overwhelming · unanimous · triumph · conquest · supremacy · championship
landslide
Mass of earth falling
domination · blowout · decisive · overwhelming · unanimous · triumph · conquest · supremacy · championship · undefeated
scrub
Clean by rubbing hard
immaculate · pristine · spick-and-span · polish · dust · purify · sterilize · freshen · tidy · decontaminate
- Nailed Itnailed it, crushed it, aced it, slam dunk, hole in one
- sweep types
- cleaninghousekeeping, disinfect, dust, cleanse, sanitization
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, discarding
- Olympic resultsgold medal, silver medal, bronze medal, medal tally, medal count
- perfect scores100 percent, full marks, top marks, top score, straight As
clean sweepnarrow win
Success by slight margin
neck and neck · photo finish · squeaker · tie · draw
clean, sweep, cleaning, sweeping, cleaned, unclean, swept, cleanliness, cleans