Usually means: Winning all available awards, contests.
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  1. clean sweep: Merriam-Webster
  2. clean sweep: Collins English Dictionary
  3. clean-sweep: Wordnik
  4. clean sweep: Wiktionary
  5. clean sweep: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. clean sweep: Dictionary.com
  7. Clean Sweep, Clean sweep (naval): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clean sweep: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Clean Sweep, clean sweep: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (clean sweep)

noun:  (chiefly politics) A complete or overwhelming victory, especially one in which all or almost all possible electoral contests are won.
noun:  (sports) The winning, by a person or team, of all the possible possible prizes, games, rounds or contests, etc in a competition, season or series.
noun:  (figuratively) A thorough change of policies, personnel or objects, removingor replacing all or almost all of that which existed previously.

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