"sweep aside" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "sweeps aside",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweeping aside",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "swept aside",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "swept aside",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949 January and February, “Notes and News: Damage to Branch Lines”, in Railway Magazine, pages 64–65",
          "text": "On this section, the high five-span masonry viaduct over the Whiteadder Water, at Chirnside, withstood the flood, but four of the six spans of the bridge carrying the siding to the nearby paper mill were demolished, and the track, with the sleepers still in position, was swept aside, on to the river bank.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To push or brush to the side."
      ],
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (aside)",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC",
          "text": "Wolves swept aside Championship outfit Doncaster at Molineux to earn a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To overcome an obstacle with little effort."
      ],
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          "obstacle"
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        "(idiomatic) To overcome an obstacle with little effort."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To ignore, brush off."
      ],
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          "ignore",
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          "brush off",
          "brush off"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ignore, brush off."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "word": "sweep aside"
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    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (aside)",
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    "English verbs"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "swept aside",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "swept aside",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1949 January and February, “Notes and News: Damage to Branch Lines”, in Railway Magazine, pages 64–65",
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      "glosses": [
        "To push or brush to the side."
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To overcome an obstacle with little effort."
      ],
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          "obstacle",
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        "(idiomatic) To overcome an obstacle with little effort."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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    },
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        "English idioms"
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        "To ignore, brush off."
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        [
          "brush off",
          "brush off"
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        "(idiomatic) To ignore, brush off."
      ],
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