Clean House (Verb)
Meaning
Clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- My wife is planning to clean house this weekend, so don't expect any guests over.
- Grandma always makes it a point to clean house before the holidays.
- After the children left for college, she decided to clean house and sell a lot of their old furniture.
- Every spring my mother would clean house from top to bottom to get rid of all the dirt and clutter that built up during the winter.
- Cleaning house is one of my least favorite chores, but someone has to do it.