housebreak
house·break / ˈhousˌbrāk/ (past. -broke; past part. -brok·en) • v. [tr.] train (a pet) to urinate and defecate outside the house or only in a special place: an elephant is exceedingly difficult to housebreak | [as adj.] (housebroken) wolves are almost never housebroken. ∎ inf. or humorous teach (someone) good manners or neatness.
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