An event whereby innocent people are punished or persecuted as a result of their association with guilty people.
"I wasn't one of the kids smoking dope behind the dumpster, but I was hanging out with kids who were, and when the cops came they took us all to jail. I totally got caught in a Yankee Sweep!"
by Boopotts December 12, 2013
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Get the cherry sweeping mug.When you are getting ready to travel and make one last lap of the house/hotel room to ensure that nothing important is left behind/left powered on.
Couple returns home from travel...
W: I can't believe I left my pajamas in the hotel room.
M: You should have done a Nixon Sweep....
W: I can't believe I left my pajamas in the hotel room.
M: You should have done a Nixon Sweep....
by Boostedgolf July 13, 2016
Get the Nixon Sweep mug.Enters a scenario in a position unbecoming of the circumstance just to pull-off the jammiest and flukiest upset seen in the history of civilisation. This is promptly followed by asserting said circumstance to have been one that was planned and even anticipated by the said seagull.
Stevie limped through the 2015 fantasy football just to pull off the flukiest seagull sweep in the playoffs - shit he's dining out on that Seagull's sweep.
by fantasydan November 21, 2016
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A person who smokes so much heroin that their face and immediate surroundings are covered in soot (a byproduct of burning heroin on foil).
A person who smokes so much heroin that their face and immediate surroundings are covered in soot (a byproduct of burning heroin on foil).
by Tube Disaster October 29, 2015
Get the chimney sweep mug.1. Getting someone's number (digits) or flirting.
"Sweeping" in on someone you wanna hit up or bang. The "D" is a play on dick or digits.
Both apply in the moment pretty much.
"Sweeping" in on someone you wanna hit up or bang. The "D" is a play on dick or digits.
Both apply in the moment pretty much.
ex 1.
Sarah: "Oh dude did you see that guy?"
Marisa: "He's hot. I'd sweep his d."
ex 2.
Haley: "I'm totally sweeping the d with this guy right now."
Max: "The one you keep staring at?"
Haley: "Yeah he keeps looking back at me like I don't know. I'm gonna go talk to him."
Sarah: "Oh dude did you see that guy?"
Marisa: "He's hot. I'd sweep his d."
ex 2.
Haley: "I'm totally sweeping the d with this guy right now."
Max: "The one you keep staring at?"
Haley: "Yeah he keeps looking back at me like I don't know. I'm gonna go talk to him."
by gay baby dog December 15, 2015
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