"cleaning house" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cleaning house
  1. present participle and gerund of clean house Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: clean house
    Sense id: en-cleaning_house-en-verb-BRNv5u-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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