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Housecleaning

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Noun

1. housecleaning

(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions

Example Sentences:
'more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms'
'many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners'

2. housecleaning

the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house

Example Sentences:
'efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Housecleaning

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noun
1. 
the cleaning of the furniture, floors, woodwork, etc. of a house
2. 
a getting rid of superfluous things, undesirable conditions, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Housecleaning

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n.
1. The cleaning and tidying of a house and its contents.
2. Informal Removal of unwanted personnel, methods, or policies in an effort at reform or improvement.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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