Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweep up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: sweep- up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clean by sweeping.

verb

To transport to shore by waves.

Transitive verb

verb

to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I'll wash the floor after sweeping up."
"We swept up the leaves which had blown into the shop."
"The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps"
"We got swept up in the excitement."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

sweeps up (present, singular) sweeping up (participle, present) swept up (participle, past) swept up (past)

Synonyms

espouse embrace adopt embroil tangle sweep drag drag in

Questions

What does sweep up mean?: To clean by sweeping.

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