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sweep away

verb
  1. To remove something by, or as if by, sweeping. (transitive)
  2. To overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet. (transitive)
  3. to completely destroy, to annihilate (transitive)
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Rachel swept out and away--if a fat woman who always waddled _could_ be said to sweep away--and Marilla with a very solemn face betook herself to the east gable.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 67 · C1

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