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
Yewande	-	Western African, Yoruba
Husein	-	Bosnian
Faysal	-	Arabic
Sokrates	-	Ancient Greek
Onfroi	-	Medieval French
Grega	-	Slovene