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sweep along

sweep along verb: to make someone feel very enthusiastic about an activity and very involved in it.

Verb

sweep along (third-person singular simple present sweeps along, present participle sweeping along, simple past and past participle swept along)

  1. to make someone feel very enthusiastic about an activity and very involved in it
    • We were swept along by her eloquence.
    Synonyms:
    carry along

Synonyms of sweep along

  • carry along

Forms of sweep along

third-person singular presentsweeps along
present participlesweeping along
past participleswept along
pastswept along

Questions about sweep along

What does sweep along mean?
Sweep along means to make someone feel very enthusiastic about an activity and very involved in it.
What part of speech is sweep along?
Sweep along is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweep along?
The past tense of sweep along is swept along.

Words near sweep along in the dictionary

  1. Sweeneys
  2. Sweens
  3. sweeny
  4. Sweenys
  5. sweep
  6. sweep along
  7. sweep aside
  8. sweep away
  9. sweep in
  10. sweep line
  11. sweep lines

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