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Phrase(s): put one’s house in order
Fig. to put one’s business or personal affairs into good order. (As if one were cleaning one’s house. See also put one’s own house in order.) • There was some trouble in the department office and the manager was told to put his house in order. • Every now and then, I have to put my house in order. Then life becomes more manageable.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs