sweep out

基本解释

" Perhaps you can sweep out for me a bit of grain or beans, " the hungry beggar continued.
“或许，您还能扫出一把麦子或黄豆呢？” 饥饿的乞丐又说道。
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.
但是在一些人看来，仅仅这样是不够的。在当选为罗马教皇之前，本笃曾表示要扫清教会的一切“污秽”。
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，我们的房屋正堆满了家具，都给家具弄脏了呢，一位好主妇宁愿把大部分家具扫入垃圾坑，也不愿让早上的工作放着不干。
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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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