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clean house

phrase

as in clean (up)
to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff We should clean house before the guests begin to arrive.

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“Clean house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20house. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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