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make a clean sweep

verb as in clear the decks

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To prevail, Trump’s opponents will have to make a clean sweep of three primary legal questions: First, is the presidency an “office” and is the president an “officer” subject to Section 3?

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Arkansas beat both Auburn and Kentucky and could make a clean sweep with a second win over the Vols.

A third, “Fool’s House,” in Philadelphia, has a broom attached, as if to make a clean sweep.

Make a clean sweep and add Fort Carson, Colo., to the list for renaming.

The Austrian was favoured to make a clean sweep of the Björn Borg Group against Berrettini, but will not be totally disheartened.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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