put one's house in order
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put one's house in order
verb puts one's house in order · putting one's house in order · put one's house in order
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To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.
First she had put her house in order, working deftly, her pretty hair pinned up in a towel—all in order but Peter's room. That was to have a special cleaning later.
Similar: clean house, get one's house in order, put one's household in order, set one's house in order
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To organize one's financial and other affairs, especially in preparation for a life-changing event.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Similar: put one's affairs in order
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verb to clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house
| Français | ranger, mettre de l'ordre, faire le ménage |
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