Usually means: New leader initiating significant changes.
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  1. new broom: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. new broom: Merriam-Webster
  3. new broom: Collins English Dictionary
  4. new broom: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. new broom: Wiktionary
  6. new broom: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. new broom: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (new broom)

▸ noun:  A new leader or management.

Similar:
changing of the guard, leadership, crown prince, leadership spill, leader, leaderene, chief, rectorial, leadman, houseleader, more...

Opposite:
old guard, traditionalist, veteran

Phrases:
a new broom sweeps clean, more...

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Similar:
changing of the guard, leadership, crown prince, leadership spill, leader, leaderene, chief, rectorial, leadman, houseleader, more...

Opposite:
old guard, traditionalist, veteran

Phrases:
a new broom sweeps clean, more...



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