What does house-trained mean?
House-trained means (of a pet) Trained not to excrete indoors..
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(of a pet) Trained not to excrete indoors..
But he did have the endearing habit of cleaning up after she cooked, and unlike other men of her acquaintance the dishes were actually clean when she went to get them out of the cupboard again. Johnny was house-trained, too.
DeSantis picks cultural fights that are sometimes warranted but more often exhausting. Yet each man will seem at least house-trained compared with recent leaders of their party.
Use house-trained when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
House-trained means (of a pet) Trained not to excrete indoors..
Common synonyms include house-broken, trained, housebroken.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But he did have the endearing habit of cleaning up after she cooked, and unlike other men of her acquaintance the dishes were actually clean when she went to get them out of the cupboard again. Johnny was house-trained, too.
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