clean house

  • 1Clean House — (engl. für „sauberes Haus“) ist eine Reality Show (Makeover Show) des amerikanischen Fernsehens. Thema der Show ist der Einsatz eines Aufräum und Inneneinrichtungteams im Haushalt einer Familie, die mit der Unordnung und dem angesammelten Trödel… …

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  • 2clean house — INFORMAL ► WORKPLACE to take action to make an organization operate more honestly and effectively: »Companies like to clean house between chief executives, so as to give the newcomer a positive base to work from. Main Entry: ↑clean …

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  • 3Clean House — This article is about the television show. For the play, see The Clean House. Clean House Format Home Garden, Reality Starring Current Tempestt Bledsoe …

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  • 4clean house — verb clean and tidy up the house She housecleans every week • Syn: ↑houseclean, ↑clean • Derivationally related forms: ↑cleaner (for: ↑clean), ↑cleaning ( …

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  • 5clean house — phrasal 1. to clean a house and its furniture 2. to make sweeping reforms or changes (as of personnel) …

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  • 6clean house — verb a) To clean the interior of a house. b) To reform by removing undesirable personnel and procedures …

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  • 7clean house — get rid of corruption in an institution; tidy up a house, put things in order …

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  • 8clean house —    to remove incriminating evidence    By destroying either documents or witnesses or both:     Once he muttered darkly that Bill Clinton s people were cleaning house , and he was next on the list . (Evans Pritchard, 1997 he was murdered soon… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 9The Clean House — is an award winning play by Sarah Ruhl, which premiered in 2004 at Yale Repertory Theatre and has since been produced in many American cities. The play is a whimsical romantic comedy centered on Mathilde, a Brazilian cleaning woman who would… …

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  • 10house — [hous; ] for v. [ houz] n. pl. houses [hou′ziz] [ME hous < OE hus, akin to Ger haus (OHG hūs) < IE * (s)keus < base * (s)keu , to cover, conceal > SKY] 1. a building for human beings to live in; specif., a) the building or part of a… …

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