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Sweep Through

Definition: Sweep Through

Sweep Through

Verb

1. Succeed at an exam easily and do very well; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Sweep Through

Synonyms: ace (v), breeze through (v), nail (v), pass with flying colors (v), sail through (v). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sweep Through

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Shigellosis is particularly common and causes recurrent problems in settings where hygiene is poor and can sometimes sweep through entire communities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sweep Through

Language Translations for "sweep through"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

席卷亞洲 (to sweep through Asia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepsway oughthray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sweep Through

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-h-o-p-r-s-t-u-w"

-3 letters: roughhews, upgrowths.

-4 letters: euphroes, outweeps, proteges, resought, roughest, roughhew, superego, superhot, upgrowth, upthrows.

-5 letters: euphroe, gesture, gophers, growths, heptose, heteros, hotspur, outgrew, outweep, petrous, pewters, posture, pothers, pouters, powters, preshow, protege, proteus, prowest, pugrees, rehouse, reputes, shouter, souther, spouter, strophe, thorpes, threeps, through, tougher, toupees, towhees, troughs, troupes, upgrows, uphroes, upthrew, upthrow, wethers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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