sweep up (English, verb)
expansion: sweep up (third-person singular simple present sweeps up, present participle sweeping up, simple past and past participle swept up)
Senses:
glosses: To clean by sweeping.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To transport to shore by waves.
tags: transitive
glosses: to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in.
tags: passive
transitive
usually
Forms:
form: sweeps up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sweeping up
tags: participle
present
form: swept up
tags: participle
past
form: swept up
tags: past