clean house

phrase

Synonyms of clean housenext
1
: to clean a house and its furniture
2
: to make sweeping reforms or changes (as of personnel)

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Kering is starting to clean house, having already shuffled creative directors at Gucci, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta. — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 Historically, remade coaching staffs have not worked well for Huskers head coaches who cleaned house. — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Dallas cleaned house on the defensive coaching staff, hiring 34-year-old defensive backs coach Christian Parker from Philadelphia as their new coordinator. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 After the match, the Irresistible Forces ganged up on Stratton, but Canada’s own Chelsea Green hit the ring and cleaned house with a kendo stick to a huge reaction. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clean house

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of clean house was in 1825

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