Idiom
sweep someone off their feet
Meaning
To seduce someone romantically.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He wants to sweep her off her feet with a romantic dinner.”
“After meeting at the dance, he tried to sweep her off her feet with flowers and handwritten letters.”
“The charming stranger arrived with grand promises, determined to sweep her off her feet before the summer season ended.”
Examples
simple
“He wants to sweep her off her feet with a romantic dinner.”
contextual
“After meeting at the dance, he tried to sweep her off her feet with flowers and handwritten letters.”
complex
“The charming stranger arrived with grand promises, determined to sweep her off her feet before the summer season ended.”
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