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
Chase	[tʃeis]
Hymie	-	Yiddish
Yoshi	yo-shee	Japanese
Berislav	-	Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Jutta	-	German
Vira	-	Ukrainian