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单词 to sweep the stakes
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to sweep the stakes
a. To gather in or up, collect wholesale or at one stroke; esp. in to sweep the stakes (cf. sweepstake n.).
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > wholesale or at one stroke
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1635 J. Shirley Traytor v. i Death's a devouring gamester, And sweepes up all.
1672 J. Dryden Of Heroique Playes in Conquest Granada i. sig. B2v I have already swept the stakes; and with the common good fortune of prosperous Gamesters, can be content to sit quietly.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 94 My Study was..To shun Ames-Ace, that swept my Stakes away.
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea vii. 90 A Portuguese or Interloper..by selling cheap, sweeps a great part, if not all their Gold.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 4 If the stakes he sweep.
1907 Daily Chron. 7 June 6/6 Sweepstakes are always swept by the man who does not want the money.
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