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'sweep up' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to mean to gather or clean up pieces or amounts of something that are scattered. For example: "She quickly swept up the broken glass."
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It's time to sweep up the glitter.
Halfpenny is there to sweep up though.
"I watched it sweep up cars, houses, everything.
Afterward, I made her sweep up the nonexistent mess.
But he does not want to sweep up their glass.
The NSA did not sweep up all emails.
I sweep up, I take the glasses to the bar.
"Everyone," he said, "has to sweep up in front of their own door.
At one of the many transport stations here, battered minibuses sweep up and spit out passengers.
Legs sweep up into hyperextended positions; individual body parts are given their own thrusts.
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Boehner did not mention in his interview that this increase cost him his sweep-up job.
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