Translations for „sweep away“ in the English » German Dictionary

sweep away VB trans

1. sweep away (remove):

to sweep away ⇆ sth

etw [hin]wegfegen

to sweep away ⇆ sth water

etw fortspülen

to sweep away ⇆ doubts/objections fig

Zweifel/Einwände beiseiteschieben [o. abtun]

2. sweep away fig (carry away):

to sweep away ⇆ sb

jdn mitreißen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to sweep away ⇆ doubts/objections fig

Zweifel/Einwände beiseiteschieben [o. abtun]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Competition will shed light on the gloomy and cobwebbed world of the high street banks and sweep away the delays habitually associated with such transactions.

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