put one's house in order (English, verb)
expansion: put one's house in order (third-person singular simple present puts one's house in order, present participle putting one's house in order, simple past and past participle put one's house in order)
Senses:
qualifier: literal
glosses: To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.
glosses: To organize one's financial and other affairs, especially in preparation for a life-changing event.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts one's house in order
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting one's house in order
tags: participle
present
form: put one's house in order
tags: participle
past
form: put one's house in order
tags: past