From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsweep somebody along phrasal verbto sweep someone away → sweep→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
sweep along• Apathy is an extreme feeling that we no longer have control over our lives or the things that sweep us along.• I was inexhaustible, consumed by a happiness that swept me along from one challenge to the next.• In fact mounting excitement sweeps him along impetuously enough to make you even wish for a little more restraint.• She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood.• Hissing shells searched the dark thickets through, and shrapnel swept the road along which we moved. 