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sweeps aside

sweeps aside is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 sweeps aside

What is sweeps aside the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sweeps aside is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sweep aside.

Words near sweeps aside in the dictionary

  1. sweepouts
  2. sweepovirus
  3. sweepoviruses
  4. sweeps
  5. sweeps along
  6. sweeps aside
  7. sweeps away
  8. sweeps in
  9. sweeps out
  10. sweeps someone off their feet
  11. sweeps something under the rug

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