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sweep out

sweep out verb: to remove by sweeping or brushing.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to remove by sweeping or brushing.
    • sweep out the dust
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted)
  3. To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis

Forms of sweep out

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

Questions about sweep out

What does sweep out mean?
Sweep out means to remove by sweeping or brushing.
What part of speech is sweep out?
Sweep out is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweep out?
The past tense of sweep out is swept out.

Words near sweep out in the dictionary

  1. sweep in
  2. sweep line
  3. sweep lines
  4. sweep net
  5. sweep nets
  6. sweep out
  7. sweep picking
  8. sweep saw
  9. sweep saws
  10. sweep someone off their feet
  11. sweep something under the carpet

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