"sweep someone off their feet" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sweep someone off their feet.ogg [Australia] Forms: sweeps someone off their feet [present, singular, third-person], sweeping someone off their feet [participle, present], swept someone off their feet [participle, past], swept someone off their feet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sweep<,,swept> someone off their feet}} sweep someone off their feet (third-person singular simple present sweeps someone off their feet, present participle sweeping someone off their feet, simple past and past participle swept someone off their feet)
  1. (idiomatic) To seduce someone romantically. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sweep_someone_off_their_feet-en-verb-oXV1ld0v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. (figurative) To overwhelm. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sweep_someone_off_their_feet-en-verb-v0-odYeH

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