How residential bulldozer gets a standing ovation (6,3,5,4)
I believe the answer is:
brings the house down
'how residential bulldozer' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'gets a standing ovation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'gets' could be 'brings' ('bring' can be a synonym of 'get') and 'brings' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brings the house down that I've seen before include "Demolishes residence" , "gets a standing ovation? - with 15a" .)