clean sweep

noun

1

: a victory in which one side or team wins every game, contest, etc.

The Red Sox won the series in a clean sweep.

The election was a clean sweep for local Democratic candidates.

2

: a complete change in something

The new governor has made a clean sweep of the staff in the governor's mansion.

Examples of clean sweep in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

True, Trump got more votes in the city in 2024 than ever before, but Vice President Kamala Harris still won handily, with 77% of the vote, and moderate and liberal Democrats alike had a clean sweep down the rest of the ballot. —Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025

That number jumps to seven for Best Actress, eight for Best Actor, nine for Best Supporting Actress, and is a clean sweep for Best Supporting Actor, with the SAG Awards and Oscars awarding the same 10 winners in that category. —EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025

The judge’s orders represented a clean sweep for the prosecution over the defense’s effort to exclude a variety of evidence from Kohberger’s capital murder trial. —Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2025

This figure is expected to rise as Trump is also leading in the swing states of Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona according to the agency, putting him on track for a clean sweep of the seven battleground states that were widely expected to decide the election. —Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024

Rhymes for clean sweep

• asleep
• upkeep
• beep
• cheap
• creep
• deep
• heap
• jeep
• keep
• leap
• peep
• reap