sweep somebody/something away phrasal verb (see also sweep)

1. sweep something ↔ away to completely destroy something or make something disappear:
houses swept away by the floods
A sudden feeling of grief swept all my anger away.

2. sweep somebody away (also sweep somebody along) [usually passive] if a feeling or idea sweeps you away or along, you are so excited that you do not think clearly or you forget about other things:
We couldn’t help being swept away by Bette’s enthusiasm.
Nineteenth-century scientists were swept along on the tide of Darwin’s theories.

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sweep away
sweep away (something)
1.
to get rid of something.
You will have to sweep away all your anger in order to improve your relations with your family.

There was almost no wind to sweep the smog away.

2.
to destroy something.
The decision to close the lab meant that twenty years' work was swept away in a moment.

Francis spent his last few years at home, until heart failure swept him away.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

sweep away something
sweep away (something)
1.
to get rid of something.
You will have to sweep away all your anger in order to improve your relations with your family.

There was almost no wind to sweep the smog away.

2.
to destroy something.
The decision to close the lab meant that twenty years' work was swept away in a moment.

Francis spent his last few years at home, until heart failure swept him away.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲