housecleaning
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌklɪnɪŋ/
- Literature
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depuración
- If that means a little housecleaning, so be it.
- a major housecleaning
- internal housecleaning
Examples
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It's high time for some serious housecleaning for the Broncos; apparently, Shanahan and his defensive cohorts can't get the job done anymore.
Blog text (30) -
The President's asked me to become Director and do a complete housecleaning at my discretion.
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This housecleaning has to happen faster.
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Bringing lean engineering into a company can be compared, in a certain way, to housecleaning.
Academic text (2005) -
If President Obama wants to achieve his financial reforms, he has to do some housecleaning first.
Blog text (32) -
There needs to be some housecleaning in so-called climate science.
Blog text (23) -
There's a lot of housecleaning to do.
Blog text (1) -
We have acquired a sense of anger and empowerment and want to do the housecleaning.
Academic text (1996) -
I am certain you are aware Weis did a major housecleaning when he arrived, and we have 41 new faces on the roster.
Blog text (10) -
The committee decided that a thorough housecleaning was necessary to improve the organization's efficiency.
Synonyms
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2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
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3.5
The act of removing something you do not need
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3.7
Major changes to how a company or group is set up
Removing unwanted people or things from a group
How Radical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Housecleaning uses the same idea as house and cleaning to mean 'sweeping out' unwanted people or bad practices. So a 'housecleaning' at a workplace means getting rid of problems to make the group work better.