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
Xenokrates	-	Ancient Greek
Sharifa	-	Arabic
Anastasio	ah-nahs-TAH-zyo (Italian), ah-nahs-TAH-syo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Lovro	-	Slovene, Croatian
Jobeth	JO-beth	English (Rare)
Livius	-	Ancient Roman