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The last line of defense, sweeping up chaos others let slip past.
means A sweeper is someone or something that clears away debris or stray elements — whether a person tidying with a broom, a defensive player in soccer positioned behind the back line, or a mechanism that sweeps things aside.
from From the verb 'sweep,' which descends from Old English 'swāpan,' meaning to move or rush along, to brush away — a cousin of words for swift, sweeping motion. The agent suffix '-er' makes it 'one who sweeps.' The soccer sense is a 20th-century borrowing of the cleaning image: a player who sweeps up the loose balls that get past the defense.
- soccer role
- Last defender behind the line, before the keeper
- chimney version
- Once climbed naked by tiny child laborers
- curling crew
- Frantic brushing actually steers a sliding stone
- minesweeper
- Both a naval ship and Windows time-killer
jan molby — liverpool midfielder who played as a sweeper in the 1980s-90s, known for his ball-playing from deep
franz beckenbauer — bayern munich and germany defender who invented the modern sweeper/libero role in the 1960s-70s
ronald koeman — barcelona defender who revolutionized the sweeper position with his passing and attacking contributions in the 1990s