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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.) ξεφορτώνομαι μια για πάντα

    English-Greek dictionary > make a clean sweep

  • 2 Clean

    adj.
    P. and V. καθαρός.
    Glossy: Ar. and P. λιπαρός.
    Of clothes: Ar. φανός.
    Pure ( morally): P. and V. καθαρός, ὅσιος, εὐαγής (rare P.), ἀκήρατος (rare P.), ἀκέραιος, ἁγνός (rare P.), V. ἀκραιφνής.
    Be clean ( morally): P. and V. ἁγνεύειν, Ar. and P. καθαρεύειν.
    With clean hands: met., use P. καθαρῶς.
    Utter, entire: P. and V. παντελής.
    One flock of thrushes shall make a clean sweep of them: Ar. ἀναλέξει πάντας καθαρῶς αὐτοὺς ἀγέλη μία κιχλῶν (Av. 591).
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    v. trans.
    P. and V. καθαίρειν, ἐκκαθαίρειν, Ar. and P. διακαθαίρειν.
    Sweep: Ar. and P. κορεῖν, V. σαίρειν. See also Wash.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Clean

  • 3 clean

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

    ['klenli]

    (clean in personal habits.) καθαρός

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

    English-Greek dictionary > clean

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  • make a clean sweep of — {v. phr.} 1. Achieve a complete victory. * /In 7980 the Reagan Republicans made a clean sweep of the western states./ 2. To eliminate thoroughly and completely. * /The new attorney general is expected to make a clean sweep of all the old… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • make a clean sweep — 1》 remove all unwanted people or things ready to start afresh. 2》 win all of a group of related sporting contests. → clean …   English new terms dictionary

  • 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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