Verb
(transitive) to remove by sweeping or brushing.
sweep out the dust
(transitive, idiomatic) to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted)
(mathematics) To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows. Gaston Bachelard
I was mischievous. I wasn't bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn't know. I used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the rich and gave to the poor. Me. Mr. T
Everything was dying, yet death did not suffice. Life had hidden resources. In a thousand ways it was concentrating strength, hoarding its energies in seed, chrysalis, and nectar, preparing for the warrior sweep out of exile that would undo the defeat of winter. Spring was implicit. Michael Swanwick
According to Fall, Diệm put the revolution down because he did not support the revolution, which he thought could not sweep out the French but might threaten the leadership of the mandarins. Source: Internet
American circus clown Weary Willie, aka Emmett Kelly (1898 - 1979) mingles with the audience to sweep out peanut shells at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Madison Square Garden, New York, April 1948. Source: Internet
Guatemala extended military operations on Tuesday to sweep out Mexican drug cartels from a lawless northern state where well-armed traffickers often outgun government troops. Source: Internet