à l'emporte-pièce — meaning in English

English meaning

• sweeping adj Wide-ranging and affecting many things at once.

Senses

à l'emporte-pièce is used for these senses in English:

• on a whim (idiomatic) Without thinking seriously about the consequences.
• sweeping Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

sweeping — full definition

1. adj Wide-ranging and affecting many things at once.
2. adj Extending in a broad, continuous curve or motion.
3. noun The act of cleaning with a broom.

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