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jersey sweep 

When one is driving on the highway and switches three or more lanes at once. Typically done to avoid missed highway exits in heavy traffic, or to swing over to the fast lane to pass much slower traffic; without a turn signal or warning for other drivers.
"I got pulled over on 465 for doing a jersey sweep in front of State Police and it cost me $150."
jersey sweep by RAS8325 February 7, 2008
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Friend Sweep 

A Friend Sweep is where one deletes all the "friends" (on social websites) that you do not need or necessarily know; such as bands and friend's friends. A FS does not include people that one would like to know better; such as recently-met people.
Myspace User trollscreamer:
"Dude, I am so sick of these pages and pages of friends on myspace; I did a massive Friend Sweep. So now I have actual friends on my friends' list."

Myspace User registeraccounts:
"Holy shit, you deleted 192 friends; now you can actually call every one of them friends..."
Friend Sweep by Patrick Ritchie January 1, 2009

Muzzle sweep 

It's when you carelessly aim your gun in someone's direction without intentionally meaning to do so. Newbie gun owners are often at fault of this, but also when people unholster a firearm they can make the same mistake unknowingly. Muzzle sweeping is violating the second rule of firearm safety.
T-money whipped out his nine from being strapped in between his belt and boxers and muzzle sweeped us all as we ducked anxiously in fear.
Muzzle sweep by Tarolyst November 22, 2011

street sweeping 

When the night out is over and you are trying to find any girl to bring home
last night I was downtown and and there was no cute girl so I decided to go street sweeping and find any girl I could to bring back to my house
street sweeping by doitlikeshehot February 3, 2010

sweep something under the rug 

An idiom which means: to hide something, usually embarrassing, from others.
An example of "sweep something under the rug":

I'm not gonna sweep your mess under the rug, do it yourself!

The White House swept the president's scandal under the rug. past tense

sweep someone off their feet 

Causing someone to fall rapidly and in love with you:
Example for sweep someone off their feet: Now you can come in and sweep her off her feet.
He absolutely swept me off my feet.

Douchebag Sweep 

When a sports team loses Game 1 of a playoff series but wins the next four. Usually gives the opponent a sense of hope (especially if Game 1 was an upset loss), but then they take them right back down to Earth, a “douchebag” move.
The 2001 NBA Finals started out by the 76ers getting a huge upset win in LA, but the Lakers completed the douchebag sweep by winning the next four, and thus the championship.