clean house
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.90 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To reform a workplace, organization, etc. by removing undesirable personnel or procedures.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Francis was elected in March 2013 after the resignation of Benedict XVI, the first pontiff to step down in nearly six centuries, amid turmoil and intrigue about secret lobbies and financial chicanery. The cardinal electors sought a reformer with a strong administrative hand, but few anticipated how Francis, then the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, would blend reformist zeal and folksy charm in a push to clean house and transform the church."
- "Time to clean some house, be a man or a mouse, waste those who make it tough to get around."
- "Some companies that others perceived as being late to the party really cleaned house: Facebook was after MySpace […]"