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clean house
To clean the interior of a house.
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clean house
To reform by removing undesirable personnel and procedures.
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come clean
To confess; admit.
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keep one's nose clean
To stay out of trouble, especially by avoiding unlawful behavior.
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a new broom sweeps clean
New management will often make radical changes.
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clean as a hound's tooth
Very clean (very innocent)
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clean as a new penny
Extremely clean.
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clean as a whistle
Very clean
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clean as a whistle
Completely innocent; beyond moral reproach.
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clean code
Software code that is formatted correctly and in an organized manner so that another coder can easily read or modify it.
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clean cut
clearly outlined
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clean out
To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
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clean out
To empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from.
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clean someone's clock
To defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
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clean up
To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
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clean up
To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also
clean house
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clean up
To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
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clean up one's act
To reform; to improve one's habits.
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make a clean breast
to be honest about something; to confess
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show a clean pair of heels
to run away quickly; to make an escape quickly; to outpace
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wipe the slate clean
To forget about previous differences and disagreements, and make a fresh start.
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wipe the slate clean
To forget all past problems or mistakes and start something again.
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wipe the slate clean!
Remove anything negative or any record of indebtedness or disfavor and begin anew.
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wipe the slate clean!
Remove all past offenses, charges, arrests, felonies, misdemeanors, fallacies, traffic/criminal offenses, bad habit records, divorces bankruptcies etc.
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house of cards
A structure or argument built on a shaky foundation.
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a house divided against itself cannot stand
A group or organisation weakened by internal dissent will not remain united.
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out of house and home
Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.
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a house is not a home
A home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.
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basket house
A cafe or similar establishment where musical performances are given and the performers are then paid with money placed in a basket by members of the audience.
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bottom the house
To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly
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bottoming the house
The process by where someone cleans their house 'from top to bottom'. It is a very thorough clean indeed, even more so than 'spring cleaning'.
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brick house
A voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust.
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brick house
Used other than as an idiom: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blockss of masonry.
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bring down the house
To garner enthusiastic or wild applause.
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bring down the house
Spawn overwhelming agreement, acceptance, appreciation, applause as a result of a speech, magic act, athletic, dramatic, vocal, jocular or mime offering.
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eat someone out of house and home
C. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II Scene I.
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eat someone out of house and home
To consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.
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full house
poker hand
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get on like a house on fire
To immediately start a good relationship with someone
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haunted house
Used other than as an idiom: see haunted, house.
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haunted house
A Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction.
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house cooling party
A party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.
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house of cards
A structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other.
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house of ill fame
A brothel
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house poor
In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.
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house warming
Presented as a way of welcoming someone to a home into which he or she recently moved.
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keep house
To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
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keep house
To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.
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move house
To change one's place of residence.
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on the house
A complimentary item beverage, dessert.
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