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  • 21sweep someone off his/her feet — sweep (someone) off his/her feet see ↑sweep, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑foot sweep (someone) off his/her feet : to make (someone) suddenly become very attracted to you in a romantic way She says that he swept her of …

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  • 22Sweep-picking — is a technique used on the guitar in which a sweeping motion of the pick is combined with a matching fret hand technique in order to produce a specific series of notes which are fast and fluid in sound. Despite being commonly known as sweep… …

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  • 23sweep (someone) off (their) feet — if someone sweeps you off your feet, you fall suddenly and completely in love with them. She was hoping that some glamorous young Frenchman would come along and sweep her off her feet …

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  • 24sweep somebody off their feet — ˌsweep sb off their ˈfeet idiom to make sb fall suddenly and deeply in love with you • She s waiting for some hero to come and sweep her off her feet. Main entry: ↑sweepidiom …

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  • 25Sweep Picking — Le Sweep Picking est une technique de jeu de guitare, le plus souvent utilisée sur guitare électrique. Il s agit de jouer en arpège une série de notes avec un médiator sur une partie, voire sur la totalité des cordes. Les notes différentes se… …

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  • 26sweep — [n1] range, extent ambit, breadth, compass, extension, latitude, length, orbit, purview, radius, reach, region, scope, span, stretch, vista; concepts 651,756,788 sweep [n2] movement arc, bend, course, curve, gesture, move, play, progress, stroke …

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  • 27sweep|back — «SWEEP BAK», noun. the acute angle at which the wing of an aircraft slopes or slants backwards from the fuselage to the wing tip: »The wings pivot in such a way that they can be ranged with almost no sweepback for take off and landing (Observer) …

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  • 28sweep — [[t]swi͟ːp[/t]] ♦♦♦ sweeps, sweeping, swept 1) VERB If you sweep an area of floor or ground, you push dirt or rubbish off it using a brush with a long handle. [V n] The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in... [V n prep/adv]… …

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  • 29sweep — sweep1 W3S3 [swi:p] v past tense and past participle swept [swept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clean something)¦ 2¦(push something somewhere)¦ 3¦(push somebody/something with force)¦ 4¦(group moves)¦ 5¦(wind/waves etc)¦ 6¦(become popular)¦ 7¦(feeling)¦… …

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  • 30sweep — sweep1 [ swip ] (past tense and past participle swept [ swept ] ) verb ** ▸ 1 clean with long brush ▸ 2 move/spread quickly ▸ 3 look at/search ▸ 4 stretch over large area ▸ 5 win easily ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to clean a floor …

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