Meaning of swamp out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To clean or tidy, especially a place that is very messy.
2. To overwhelm or outnumber.

Examples

“The room hadn't been swamped out in memory of man, and it smelled strongly of stale cigarette smoke⟳ and vomit.”

“Little Jim and I went back into the galley to help⟳ Pop swamp out the mess, and by the time we had the galley squared away, Steve was idling into the anchorage behind Clam Island.”

“Although on Sundays when the men had finished feeding cattle, the rest⟳ of the afternoon was free—free to oil their leather goods, to wash⟳ their duds, to write⟳ letters (if they could write⟳), to swamp out the bunkhouse or read⟳ the cowboy stories in the magazines they laughed at and secretly believed—still they weren't comfortable in the bunkhouse if George was abroad; he had a queer authority without even knowing it, an ability to upset⟳ you, maybe because he so seldom opened his talker and his silence mad you look⟳ in upon yourself, on the guilt you always knew was there.”

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