drain the swamp (English, verb)
expansion: drain the swamp (third-person singular simple present drains the swamp, present participle draining the swamp, simple past and past participle drained the swamp)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To eliminate the root causes of problems, especially to rid politics and government of evils, such as corruption and bureaucracy.
tags: US
figuratively
Forms:
form: drains the swamp
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: draining the swamp
tags: participle
present
form: drained the swamp
tags: participle
past
form: drained the swamp
tags: past