housecleaning

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noun

1. (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
- more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms
- many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners
• Usage Domain:
trope, figure of speech, figure, image
• Hypernyms:
reform
2. the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
- efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time
• Derivationally related forms:
houseclean
• Hypernyms:
cleaning, cleansing, cleanup