- put your affairs in order
- to organize the things relating to your personal life, for example your financial situation, especially so that there will not be any difficulties after you die
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put your affairs in order — phrase to organize the things relating to your personal life, for example your financial situation, especially so that there will not be any difficulties after you die Thesaurus: to organize your own affairssynonym Main entry: affair … Useful english dictionary
put one's affairs in order — verb To prepare for the end of ones life as one has lived it. What did the test say, Doc? / I think its time for you to be putting your affairs in order. Syn: get ones affairs in order … Wiktionary
get one's affairs in order — verb To prepare for the end of ones life as one has lived it. What did the test say, Doc? / I think its time for you to be getting your affairs in order. Syn: put ones affairs in order … Wiktionary
put house in order — If you tell someone to put their house in order, you are saying that they should organize their own affairs or take care of their own problems before giving advice to other people. You should put your house in order before telling me what… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put\ one's\ house\ in\ order — • put one s house in order • 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 … Словарь американских идиом
order — 1 noun 1 FOR A PURPOSE a) in order to do sth for the purpose of doing something: politicians who make promises simply in order to win more votes | In order to understand how the human body works, you need to have some knowledge of chemistry. b)… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
order — or|der1 W1S1 [ˈo:də US ˈo:rdər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for a purpose)¦ 2¦(arrangement)¦ 3¦(instruction)¦ 4¦(controlled situation)¦ 5¦(well organized state)¦ 6¦(for food or drink)¦ 7¦(for goods)¦ 8 be out of order 9 be in order … Dictionary of contemporary English
put — I adv. (colloq.) remaining in one place to stay put II v. 1) (B) ( to pose ) to put a question to smb. 2) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put before (to put a proposal before a committee) 3) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put in; into (to put milk in/into the … Combinatory dictionary
