put one's house in order

[put one's house in order] or [set one's house in order] {v. phr.}

To arrange your affairs in good order.

* /Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order./

* /When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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