Sentence examples for sweep the deck from inspiring English sources
verb
To clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.
Before that, Mr. Davis used to sweep the deck and skim the pool each day himself.
Wash the dishes without being ordered to, mop the floor, do the laundry, mow the garden, clean out the garage, sweep the deck, go grocery shopping.
Sweep the deck with a broom to clear off any leaves or branches, as well as dust and debris that may have gathered.
"The pressure has been on for J.P. Morgan to settle Enron," says Richard X . Bove an analyst at Punk Ziegel & Co. Jamie Dimonn is really trying to sweep the decks pretty thoroughly".
We want to sweep the decks of anything that is undefined and vague.
Silence swept the deck, except for the faint flutter of rods.
In the huge seas, a wall of green water swept the deck of the Fleetwing and threw six of the eight men on watch overboard.
There had been a few decently received shows of Bourgeois's own work in the 1940s and early 50s, but then the abstract expressionists swept the decks clean.
After we'd swept the decks clean and admired our pruning skills, we wandered off around the town to find something to put in the pots.
Torn between wanting to go up to Maud, but thinking I ought to empty the dishwasher and get rid of the pans in the sink--and totally clean the refrigerator--and go to the dump--and sweep the deck--and prepare the pots for planting--and swim.
