English Explanatory Dictionary

a new broom sweeps clean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb

New management will often make radical changes.

Word forms

a new broom sweeps clean new brooms sweep clean

Related words

clean sweep one nail drives out another

Derived words

a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners

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