Question
Australia destroyed the board (
- A /in the swimming, (
- B /with gold medals (
- C /in every race (
- D . No error (
- E
Solution
The correct idiom is ‘sweep the board’. It means ‘to win everything that is available’. Australia swept the board in the swimming, with gold medals in every race. Â
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