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
Nicolau	nee-koo-LOW (Portuguese)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Mirche	-	Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
SÜLeyman	suyl-ay-MAHN	Turkish
SÌOltach	-	Scottish
Ovidius	-	Ancient Roman
Septimus	-	Ancient Roman