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new broom

noun

  1. a newly appointed person eager to make changes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A new broom does not have to sweep clean!

And so it begins again - a new manager hunt leading to a new broom in the dressing room.

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For Wales, perhaps it was to be expected that a new broom would sweep clean.

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In response, Ms Abbott tweeted that Sir Mark was supposed to have been the “new broom” at the Met, but instead of offering a “new beginning” he had continued to support a “lack of police accountability”.

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If TD Bank is to get a new broom, it’s unclear where it will come from.

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