sweep up

It has not even managed to sweep up the cosmic detritus in its neighbourhood as real, macho planets like Jupiter and Earth have done.

Nora: I think it's time to sweep up the basement. The children left the tools and boards all over the place.

But the wind, still violent, began to sweep up the burning debris beaten down from the inflamed sky.

If hydrodynamic escape were vigorous enough to sweep up xenon, why did it not sweep up everything else in the atmosphere along with it?

For the man in the paddock, whose duty is is to sweep up manure, the supreme terror is the possibility of a world without horses.

Even one cigarette slows down the cilia that work to sweep up the dirt and germs, and heavy smoking destroys them completely.

Varying the time delay causes these to sweep up and down the frequency spectrum.

The Soviets had already mellowed and it was left to diplomacy only to sweep up the cobwebs left over from an already transcended Cold war .

If you're heart is broken, sweep up the pieces. There will always be someone who will want to put it back together.

Help me to sweep up the broken glass, some children might cut their feet.

The men dropped four nets as Mr. Briney circled to sweep up the fish. Soon the stern was knee-deep with about 4, 500 pounds of fish.

Let's pile up the fallen leaves in the corner and sweep up the floor.

Cousin were to marry the daughter-in-law, aunt has retired, but also sweep up the road to health, in order to have married his cousin.

Today is weekend day, and my family decided to have a sweep-up.

I sweep up the pieces of his plate.

Vacuum or sweep up spill. All spill of material must be removed immediately to prevent slipping accidents.

Balinese workers busily wash down sidewalks and sweep up crushed beer cans, food wrappers, the odd rubber sandal and other detritus.

Let's sweep up the dust from the bookshelves.

We'd better sweep up all the bits of broken glass quickly.

Rotate the knob clockwise to raise the sound's pitch and sweep up.

He was left to sweep up after the party.

They didn't sweep up the crumbs.

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;