Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “sweep the board” and its meaning is “to win almost everything in a contest or competition or election; be the winner, be victorious, defeat/overcome the opposition, succeed, triumph”
Example Sentence: If today’s democracy teaches any lesson it is don’t und/erestimate populism. Insult it, deride it, excuse it, no-platform it, but it is a serious force in electoral politics. In France, Marine Le Pen has surged into contention for the presidency. Earlier this month, Hungary’s authoritarian Viktor Orbán swept the board. In Russia, albeit in vexed circumstances, Vladimir Putin retains a patriotic hold on opinion. In the US, Donald Trump refuses to disappear. These individuals are in no way the same, but they speak the same message.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Heed the events in France – populism is gaining ground and only a revolution can stop it and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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