Drive and Sweep

Drive

Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.

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Sweep and drive are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sweep" instead the word "Drive" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Sweep verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.

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Drive and sweep are semantically related in carry topic. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead the word "Sweep" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

nice	nice drive	nice sweep
long	long drive	long sweep
front	front drive	front sweep
single	single drive	single sweep
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, slow, little, personal, new.

There's also a scene where a character holds their gun gangsta style so that the recoil will drive their aim in a horizontal sweep with minimal effort on their part.

Source: Law of Inverse Recoil

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