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sweep off |
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Translations ? sweep off vi → davonrauschen; (car, plane) → davonschießen; (majestically) → davongleiten; (skier) → davonfegen vt sep vase, clock → herunterfegen; to sweep somebody off somewhere → jdn irgendwohin entführen; the children were swept off to bed → die Kinder wurden schleunigst ins Bett gesteckt (inf) → or geschickt; to sweep somebody off his/her feet (lit) → jdn umreißen; (fig) audience → jdn begeistern; he swept her off her feet (fig) → sie hat sich Hals über Kopf in ihn verliebt (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was too dark in these storage places to see well, but a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. You were to have no capital punishment, but were first to sweep off the face of the earth all legislators, jurists, and judges, who were of the contrary opinion. "Nothing but vast wisdom and unlimited power should dare to sweep off men in multitudes," he added; "for it is only the one that can know the necessity of the judgment; and what is there, short of the other, that can replace the creatures of the Lord? |
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