bottom the house

bottom the house

antiquated To thoroughly clean every part of a house, i.e., from "top to bottom." Every time we visited my elderly aunt, she told us to help her "bottom the house," as if we were her maids.
See also: bottom, house
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • lie at the bottom of (something)
  • be at the bottom of (something)
  • be at the bottom of something
  • let every tub stand on its own bottom
  • from the bottom of (one's) heart
  • from the bottom of heart
  • from the bottom of my heart
  • from the bottom of one's heart
  • from the bottom of your heart
  • at bottom