Idiom
sweep the deck
Meaning
To clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He played perfectly and managed to sweep the deck.”
“After a long night of poker, she finally had a great hand and managed to sweep the deck.”
“With a final, decisive move, the gambler cleared the remaining chips and managed to sweep the deck, leaving his opponents with nothing.”
Examples
simple
“He played perfectly and managed to sweep the deck.”
contextual
“After a long night of poker, she finally had a great hand and managed to sweep the deck.”
complex
“With a final, decisive move, the gambler cleared the remaining chips and managed to sweep the deck, leaving his opponents with nothing.”
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