Usually means: Win all prizes or contests.
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  1. sweep the board: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sweep the board: Merriam-Webster
  3. sweep the board: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sweep the board: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sweep the board: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sweep the board: Wiktionary
  7. sweep the board: Dictionary.com

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  1. sweep the board: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (sweep the board)

verb:  (idiomatic) To win all the prizes in a competition.
verb:  (card games) To take all of the cards.
verb:  (idiomatic) To get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.

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