sweep away
phrasal verbsweep somebody along/away/up
- [usually passive] to make somebody very interested or involved in something, especially in a way that makes them forget everything else
- They were swept along by the force of their emotions.
- He was swept up in all the excitement.
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sweep something away
- to get rid of something completely
- Any doubts had long since been swept away.