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make a clean sweep

  • 1 make a clean sweep

    (to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) livrar-se de

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  • 2 make a clean sweep

    (to get rid of everything unnecessary or unwanted: The new manager made a clean sweep of all the lazy people in the department.) fazer uma limpeza

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  • 3 to make a clean sweep of

    to make a clean sweep of
    a) ganhar todos os prêmios, concursos, etc. b) limpar completamente.

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  • 4 clean

    [kli:n] 1. adjective
    1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) limpo
    2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) limpo
    3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) branco
    4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) puro
    5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) direito
    2. adverb
    (completely: He got clean away.) completamente
    3. verb
    (to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) limpar

    ['klenli]

    (clean in personal habits.) asseado

    - clean up
    - a clean bill of health
    - a clean slate
    - come clean
    - make a clean sweep
    * * *
    [kli:n] n limpeza, limpadura • vt+vi limpar, assear. • adj 1 limpo, asseado. 2 puro, inocente, imaculado, casto. 3 honesto, escrupuloso. 4 adequado para a alimentação. 5 claro, sem manchas, em branco (papel). 6 sem nós (madeira). 7 liso, regular. 8 bem formado, bem proporcionado. 9 hábil, destro. 10 campleto, inteiro, total. 11 desobstruído, desimpedido. 12 legível, sem erros. 13 sl sem dinheiro. 14 vazio. • adv 1 completamente, inteiramente, totalmente. 2 de maneira absoluta. 3 habilmente, inteligentemente. a clean sheet um recomeço. a clean sweep 1 uma mudança completa. 2 a conquista de todos os votos, prêmios, etc. clean as a button-stick coll que brilha de limpo. clean as a whistle muito limpo. clean hands sem culpa. clean timber madeira sem nó. he has a clean bill of health ele não tem doença. he made a clean breast of it ele abriu-se, confessou tudo. he made a clean sweep of it ele fez uma limpeza geral, ele acabou com isto. my handkerchief has clean gone meu lenço simplesmente sumiu. to clean down limpar de alto a baixo, espanar. to clean out 1 esvaziar, despejar. 2 pôr (alguém) para fora. 3 tomar todo o dinheiro de alguém. to clean up 1 limpar, pôr em ordem. 2 livrar-se de vícios, corrupção, etc. 3 ganhar muito dinheiro. to clean up on derrotar, vencer, bater. to clean up ones’act coll mudar o comportamento ou os maus hábitos. to come clean sl confessar. to make a clean break separar-se (de alguém). to show a clean pair of heels fugir. you have clean gone mad você ficou completamente maluco.

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  • 5 sweep

    [swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb
    1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) varrer
    2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) varrer
    3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) grassar
    4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) passar/entrar, etc. altaneiramente
    2. noun
    1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) varridela
    2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) gesto
    3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) limpa-chaminés
    4) (a sweepstake.) lotaria
    - sweeping
    - sweeping-brush
    - at one/a sweep
    - sweep someone off his feet
    - sweep off his feet
    - sweep out
    - sweep the board
    - sweep under the carpet
    - sweep up
    * * *
    [swi:p] n 1 varredura, varrição, vassourada, limpeza. 2 movimento impetuoso, impulso. 3 linha curva, perfil. 4 curva, volta. 5 golpe, giro, movimento circular (como com alfanje). 6 extensão, região, área, amplitude, amplidão. 7 alcance, extensão, esfera. 8 limpador de chaminés, varredor. 9 remo comprido. 10 vara comprida para tirar água de poço. 11 folga, jogo. 12 rampa. 13 tipo de aposta em corrida de cavalos em que o ganhador leva tudo. 14 vitória arrasadora. 15 asas de moinho de vento. 16 sweeps (também sweepings) varredura, lixo, sujeira. • vt+vi (ps, pp swept) 1 varrer, limpar, escovar. the waves swept the boat / as ondas lavaram o barco. 2 roçar, tocar. 3 remover, arrastar (no chão), levar de roldão. 4 eliminar, abolir. 5 correr, mover-se rapidamente, passar impetuosamente. 6 andar com pose ou dignidade. 7 estender-se. 8 caçar, tocar. 9 escavar, dragar. 10 procurar, olhar (o horizonte), perscrutar, esquadrinhar, vasculhar. 11 arrebatar, empolgar. 12 assolar, devastar. 13 abarcar, abranger. 14 vencer de forma espetacular, vencer todas as partidas. 15 derramar-se, fluir. a clean sweep a) fig uma limpeza geral. b) uma vitória completa. at one sweep de um só golpe. he swept his pupils along with him ele entusiasmou seu alunos. sweep-net rede de arrasto. to make a clean sweep of a) ganhar todos os prêmios, concursos, etc. b) limpar completamente. to sweep along correr, passar rapidamente, fig voar. to sweep by passar com grande velocidade. to sweep down varrer para baixo. to sweep down on atirar-se sobre. to sweep off arrastar, levar, varrer. to sweep past passar com grande velocidade. to sweep someone off their feet coll fig fazer alguém ficar impressionado, atraído por você. we were swept off our feet / ficamos impressionados, emocionados. to sweep the board ganhar tudo, limpar a mesa (jogo de apostas). to sweep the chimney limpar a chaminé. with a sweep of his hand com um movimento da mão.

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  • 6 clean

    [kli:n] 1. adjective
    1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) limpo
    2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) limpo
    3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) em branco, virgem
    4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) puro
    5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) preciso
    2. adverb
    (completely: He got clean away.) completamente
    3. verb
    (to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) limpar

    ['klenli]

    (clean in personal habits.) asseado

    - clean up - a clean bill of health - a clean slate - come clean - make a clean sweep

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > clean

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  • make a clean sweep — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. triumph, succeed, win everything; see win 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • clean sweep — {n. phr.} A complete victory. * /Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • clean sweep — {n. phr.} A complete victory. * /Our candidate for the United States Senate made a clean sweep over his opponent./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a clean sweep (of something) — …   Useful english dictionary

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