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sweeping aside

sweeping aside is the present participle and gerund of sweep aside.

Meaning of sweep aside

Verb

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

  1. To push or brush to the side.
    • On this section, the high five-span masonry viaduct over the Whiteadder Water, at Chirnside, withstood the flood, but four of the six spans of the bridge carrying the siding to the nearby paper mill were demolished, and the track, with the sleepers still in position, was swept aside, on to the...1949 January and February, “Notes and News: Damage to Branch Lines”, in Railway Magazine, pages 64–65
  2. (idiomatic) To overcome an obstacle with little effort.
    • Wolves swept aside Championship outfit Doncaster at Molineux to earn a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC
  3. (idiomatic) To ignore, brush off.

Questions about sweeping aside

What is sweeping aside the present participle and gerund of?
Sweeping aside is the present participle and gerund of sweep aside.

Words near sweeping aside in the dictionary

  1. sweepest
  2. sweepeth
  3. sweepin'
  4. sweeping
  5. sweeping along
  6. sweeping aside
  7. sweeping away
  8. sweeping in
  9. sweeping out
  10. sweeping someone off their feet
  11. sweeping something under the rug

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