coup de balai

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku d(ə) ba.lɛ/

Noun

coup de balai m (usually uncountable, plural coups de balai)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coup,‎ de,‎ balai.

   passer un coup de balai, donner un coup de balai ― to sweep the floor

2. (figuratively) clean sweep