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Meaning of sweep someone off their feet | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To seduce someone romantically.
idiomatic
To overwhelm.
figuratively

Examples

“Am I capable of feeling as strongly as that? But I was absolutely unconscious! I hadn't a phrase to meet it with! I was overcome! I was swept off my feet! I didn't even try, in the dimmest way, to put it down!”

“Our conversation was short and sweet / It nearly swept me off-a my feet”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

sweep something under the carpet sweep something under the rug sweep the board sweep the deck sweep the floor with someone sweep up