Sherman started from Atlanta in the middle of November. He cut a wide swath of desolation through the South.
Swinging his bloody horns from side to side the beast cut a wide swath before him.
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cut a wide swath — cut a (wide) swath 1. to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place. Violent thunderstorms cut a swath of destruction through the area, blowing down trees and damaging houses. 2. to attract a lot of interest or attention.… … New idioms dictionary
cut a wide swath — do many things party, play sports, live and love Tim cut a wide swath in his youth. He lived a full and active life … English idioms
cut a wide swath — attract a great deal of attention by trying to impress others … Useful english dictionary
cut a swath — cut a (wide) swath 1. to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place. Violent thunderstorms cut a swath of destruction through the area, blowing down trees and damaging houses. 2. to attract a lot of interest or attention.… … New idioms dictionary
Swath — (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[eth]u a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. {Swathe}, v. t.] 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swath bank — Swath Swath (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[eth]u a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. {Swathe}, v. t.] 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swath — [swäth, swôth] n. [ME swathe < OE swathu, a track, akin to Ger schwade, space covered by a scythe swing: for IE base see SWATHE1] 1. the space or width covered with one cut of a scythe or other mowing device 2. Rare a stroke with a scythe 3. a … English World dictionary
swath — [ swaθ ] noun count FORMAL 1. ) a large area of land, usually longer than it is wide 2. ) a large number of people or things or a large area of something: The disease killed huge swaths of the population. cut a (wide) swath through something to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swath — n. path to cut a swath (to cut a wide swath of destruction) * * * [swɒθ] [ path ] to cut a swath (to cut a wide swath of destruction) … Combinatory dictionary
cut a swath — verb Variant form of cut a wide swath … Wiktionary
