phrasal
: to eradicate by stern vigorous thoroughgoing measures whatever is obstructive, thwarting, or degrading
the industry is full of troublemakers and must clean house
in departments where graft was rife the new mayor began to clean house
phrasal
: to eradicate by stern vigorous thoroughgoing measures whatever is obstructive, thwarting, or degrading
the industry is full of troublemakers and must clean house
in departments where graft was rife the new mayor began to clean house
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012