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Definition of Sweep through
1. Verb. Succeed at easily. "She nailed her astrophysics course"
Generic synonyms: Make It, Pass
Derivative terms: Ace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweep Through
Literary usage of Sweep through
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"The perpendicular cliffs or deep slopes down which terrific avalanches descend,
and the rushing and variable mountain-torrents which sweep through the deep ..."
2. The Synthetic Philosophy of Expression as Applied to the Arts of Reading by Moses True Brown (1886)
"Now carry the right arm across the chest and sweep through 180°. Face exactly in
the opposite direction and sweep through 180°. ..."
3. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"... has had its full sweep through the rigging of our naked spars, the morning
finds that dark bird still near us, though scarcely seen as his wing tips the ..."
4. Songs of the Brave: The Soldier's Dream, and Other Poems and Odes (1856)
"For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake
and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through ..."
5. The Western Journal and Civilian by Micajah Tarver, H. Cobb, François-René Chateaubriand (1854)
"Its opposite side will sweep through Quebec and Boston, through Havana in Cuba,
and through Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico. This same point is then also ..."
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