sweep over

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to affect someone suddenly and strongly, especially with an emotion

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   an emotion sweeps over someone

   Usage: The strong emotion is the subject and the person affected follows over: relief sweeps over her.

   A wave of relief seemed to sweep over her when the missing child returned.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   A wave of relief seemed to sweep over her when the missing child returned.

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