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sweep off

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Verb1.sweep off - overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away"
sweep away
impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
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)
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