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sweep someone off their feet

sweep someone off their feet verb: to seduce someone romantically.

Verb

sweep someone off their feet (third-person singular simple present sweeps someone off their feet, present participle sweeping someone off their feet, simple past and past participle swept someone off their feet)

  1. (idiomatic) To seduce someone romantically.
  2. (figuratively) To overwhelm.
    • Am I capable of feeling as strongly as that? But I was absolutely unconscious! I hadn't a phrase to meet it with! I was overcome! I was swept off my feet! I didn't even try, in the dimmest way, to put it down!1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC...
    • Our conversation was short and sweet / It nearly swept me off-a my feet1975, Bob Dylan, “You're a Big Girl Now”, in Blood on the Tracks

sweep someone off their feet meaning in Bengali

sweep someone off their feet in Bengali

রোমান্টিকভাবে কাউকে প্রলুব্ধ করা, অভিভূত করা

Forms of sweep someone off their feet

third-person singular presentsweeps someone off their feet
present participlesweeping someone off their feet
past participleswept someone off their feet
pastswept someone off their feet

Questions about sweep someone off their feet

What does sweep someone off their feet mean?
Sweep someone off their feet means to seduce someone romantically.
What is sweep someone off their feet in Bengali?
Sweep someone off their feet in Bengali is রোমান্টিকভাবে কাউকে প্রলুব্ধ করা, অভিভূত করা. See Sweep someone off their feet meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is sweep someone off their feet?
Sweep someone off their feet is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweep someone off their feet?
The past tense of sweep someone off their feet is swept someone off their feet.

Words near sweep someone off their feet in the dictionary

  1. sweep nets
  2. sweep out
  3. sweep picking
  4. sweep saw
  5. sweep saws
  6. sweep someone off their feet
  7. sweep something under the carpet
  8. sweep something under the rug
  9. sweep the board
  10. sweep the deck
  11. sweep the floor with someone

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