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a place or situation extremely dirty or corrupt and in need of a massive cleanup; used figuratively for entrenched corruption or squalor.

Meanings

a place or situation extremely dirty or corrupt and in need of a massive cleanup; used figuratively for entrenched corruption or squalor.

The new administration vowed to clean up the augean stables of local politics.

Synonyms

cesspoolcesspitsewersordid mess

Antonyms

Last updated: 2025/11/18 17:35