clean house

phrase

1

: to clean a house and its furniture

2

: to make sweeping reforms or changes (as of personnel)

Examples of clean house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most of us don’t necessarily enjoy cleaning, but everyone loves the feeling of coming home to a clean house. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026

The Royals still put a high priority on pitching, and cleaning house might make replenishing the staff difficult. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026

Then, Danhausen crawled back into the ring and nearly grabbed the money until McDonagh interfered again and cleaned house. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Unfortunately, the big 20th-anniversary celebration likely stymied any conversations around cleaning house. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for clean house

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse