Talk:Whitewash (sport)

Clean sweep
A clean sweep means winning everything (clean-sweep Collins Dictionary). It is an antonym of whitewash in this context, and like whitewash is a general term that can be used for many sports and games. -- PBS (talk) 20:25, 12 August 2015 (UTC)


 * How is it an antonym? Clean sweep is a similar term, usually referring to a team or country winning all of separate competitions in a season (as opposed to winning all games against an opponent in a single competition). —Wiki Wikardo 17:44, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Grand Slam Tour
A Grand Slam tour is a tour by a southern hemisphere Rugby Union Nation of the Home Nations where the tourist team wins all its games (and may be confined to just the test matches). The term is not usually applied to teams like the British and Irish Lions winning all their matches, when visiting a southern hemisphere nation (which would be a clean sweep). -- PBS (talk) 20:25, 12 August 2015 (UTC)