SWEEP (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) AWAY


Meaning of SWEEP (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) AWAY in English

sweep somebody/something away phrasal verb ( see also ↑ sweep )

1 . sweep something ↔ away to completely destroy something or make something disappear:

houses swept away by the floods

A sudden feeling of grief swept all my anger away.

2 . sweep somebody away ( also sweep somebody along ) [usually passive] if a feeling or idea sweeps you away or along, you are so excited that you do not think clearly or you forget about other things:

We couldn’t help being swept away by Bette’s enthusiasm.

Nineteenth-century scientists were swept along on the tide of Darwin’s theories.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.