set one's house in order

See: PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER.

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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in order

[in order] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In arrangement; in the proper way of following one another. * /Come to my desk in alphabetical order as I call your names./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

order

[order] See: [APPLE-PIE-ORDER], [CALL TO ORDER], [IN ORDER], [IN ORDER TO], [IN SHORT ORDER], [JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED], [MADE TO ORDER], [OUT OF ORDER], [PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

house

[house] See: [BOARDING HOUSE REACH], [BRING DOWN THE HOUSE], [PUN HOUSE], [HASH HOUSE], [KEEP HOUSE], [ON THE HOUSE], [PARISH HOUSE], [PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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