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
Theoderich	-	Ancient Germanic
Jannike	YAHN-ni-ke (Swedish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Yakira	-	Hebrew
Kosmas	-	Ancient Greek
Jadranka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Al	[æl]