Usually means: Organize personal affairs or responsibilities.
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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word put one's house in order:

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  1. put one's house in order: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. put one's house in order, put one's house in order: Collins English Dictionary
  3. put one's house in order: Wiktionary
  4. put one's house in order, put ones house in order: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (put one's house in order)

verb:  (literal) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.
verb:  (idiomatic) To organize one's financial and other affairs, especially in preparation for a life-changing event.


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