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sweep up

to transport to shore by waves.
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The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'sweep up':

sweep upTo clean by sweeping.
sweep upto overwhelm
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