z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah

1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) pometati

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.) pomesti

3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pomesti

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.) (pri)hrumeti

1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) pometanje

2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) zamah

3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) dimnikar

4) (a sweepstake.) stava pri konjskih dirkah

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- sweeper

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pometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje, figuratively razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke); plural smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad; British English pometač, dimnikar; colloquially (= sweepstake(s)) stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah; figuratively umazanec; slang čemernež, nejevoljnež

at one sweep — z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkrat

with a sweep of one's hand — z močnim zamahom (svoje) roke

the sweep of Napoleon's genius — širina Napoleonovega genija

beyond the sweep of the eye — dljè kot seže oko

a wide sweep of plain — razsežna ravnina

chimney sweep — dimnikar

to give a sweep to the room — pomesti sobo

to make a clean sweep of one's old furniture — znebiti se starega pohištva

to make a clean sweep of the clerks — odpustiti vse nameščence

to make a clean sweep of the table figuratively pomesti s čim, odpraviti kaj

transitive verb & intransitive verb

pomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek); križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)

at a sweeping reduction commerce po zelo znižani ceni

sweep before your own door — pometaj(te) pred lastnim pragom

to sweep all before one figuratively doseči popoln uspeh

to sweep a constituency — z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah

to sweep the board — dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figuratively pobrati vse nagrade

to sweep all obstacles from one's path — odstraniti vse ovire na svoji poti

to sweep everything into one's net figuratively vse (zase) pobrati

to sweep the seas — prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjih

to sweep the strings — iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunah

the boat was swept out of sight — čoln je odneslo iz vida

a new broom sweeps clean — nova metla dobro pometa

the coast sweeps to the east — obala zavije proti vzhodu

he swept his hand across his forehead — z roko si je šel preko čela

his glance swept the room — s pogledom je preletel sobo

the river sweeps over its bed — reka se zliva čez bregove

the procession swept up the nave of the church — procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarju

they swept the river to find his body — preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo

to sweep the sea of enemy ships — očistiti morje od sovražnih ladij

she swept from her room — odšumela je (z dolgo obleko) iz sobe

the wind sweeps over the plain — veter brije čez planjavo