Tape a square on the floor so children can help sweep the floor.
The coalition that helped sweep Mr. Obama into office four years ago is at least partly intact.
And many European governments helped sweep the problems with their banks under the carpet post-Lehman.
To display their new-found sense of fraternity, businessmen have helped sweep the streets.
In last fall's elections, artists helped sweep in a new council.
Meanwhile, the pope is swinging into town, which means the captain must help sweep the slum.
With Steve Bannon as his chief strategist, Trump is placating the pitchfork mob that helped sweep him to power.
And promises to emancipate the peasants from high taxes and rents helped sweep the Communists to power in 1949.
But in most states, Republicans are cutting into the Democratic margins that helped sweep Mr. Obama into office four years ago, according to preliminary figures from state election officials.
Mr. Koch likened the fledgling movement to the reform coalitions that endorsed mayoral candidates in the early 20th century and helped sweep Fiorello H. La Guardia into office in 1933.
