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put one's house in order
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Idioms and Phrases
Arrange one's affairs, as in Stop meddling in your daughter's business and put your own house in order . This metaphoric term appears in slightly different form in the Bible (Isaiah 38:1): “Set thine house in order.†[Late 1500s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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