clean house

1. Wipe out corruption or inefficiency, as in It's time the Republican Party cleaned house. This usage is most often applied to an organization. [Slang; c. 1900]

2. Punish, give a beating, as in Whenever he was drunk he threatened to clean house on one and all. [Slang; c. 1900]

clean house

Slang

To eliminate or discard what is undesirable: The scandal forced the company to clean house.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Felizitas	fe-LEE-tsee-tahs	German
Larry	['læri]
Mithridates	-	Ancient Persian (Hellenized)
Yu	-	Chinese
Dye	[dɑi]
Erling	ER-ling	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish