sweep out

基本解釋

" Perhaps you can sweep out for me a bit of grain or beans, " the hungry beggar continued.
“或許，您還能掃出一把麥子或黃豆呢？” 饑餓的乞丐又說道。
But in some eyes, that is not enough, for a man who before his election as supreme pontiff implied that he wanted to sweep out the “filth” from the church.
但是在一些人看來，僅僅這樣是不夠的。在當(dāng)選為羅馬教皇之前，本篤曾表示要掃清教會的一切“污穢”。
At present our houses are cluttered and defiled with it, and a good housewife would sweep out the greater part into the dust hole, and not leave her morning's work undone.
目前，我們的房屋正堆滿了家具，都給家具弄臟了呢，一位好主婦寧愿把大部分家具掃入垃圾坑，也不愿讓早上的工作放著不干。
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Last week,while conducting his 17th immigration sweep, he brought out his "big gun," a machine gun.

Should he do that, he will be able to sweep out the UMNO old guard.
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That will be a good time to sweep out the old and bring in the new.
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From a strictly business perspective, it just makes sense to shake things up and sweep out the cobwebs.
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