drain the swamp
verbEtymology
First use appears c. 1899.
Definitions
To eliminate the root causes of problems, especially to rid politics and government of…
To eliminate the root causes of problems, especially to rid politics and government of evils, such as corruption and bureaucracy.
- Why can't the Massachusetts Legislature summon its courage, and the Governor, and drain the swamp of which it is all so well aware, an act which in and of itself would eliminate many of the alligators.
- In every conversation I had with Trump supporters at his rallies during the election, one impulse kept surfacing: drain the swamp.
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