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sweeping in

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

Meaning of sweep in

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To arrive suddenly or unexpectedly; to take power or move into a position of control suddenly or unexpectedly.

Questions about sweeping in

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

Words near sweeping in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweeping in (page history and authors); sweep in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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