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swept in

swept in is the simple past and past participle 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 swept in

What is swept in the simple past and past participle of?
Swept in is the simple past and past participle of sweep in.

Words near swept in in the dictionary

  1. Swenson
  2. swept
  3. swept along
  4. swept aside
  5. swept away
  6. swept in
  7. swept out
  8. swept path
  9. swept paths
  10. swept someone off their feet
  11. swept something under the rug

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swept 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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