broom

See: NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN.

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new broom sweeps clean

[new broom sweeps clean] A new person makes many changes. - A proverb. * /The new superintendent has changed many of the school rules. A new broom sweeps clean./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

clean

[clean] See: [COME CLEAN], [KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN], [MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF], [NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN], [TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS] also [SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

sweep

[sweep] See: [NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay about one

[lay about one] {v. phr.} To hit out in all directions. - Used with a reflexive object: "her", "him", or "them". * /The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pass by the board

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put by

[put by] {v.} To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

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