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get one's house in order

get one's house in order verb: synonym of put one's house in order.

Verb

get one's house in order (third-person singular simple present gets one's house in order, present participle getting one's house in order, simple past got one's house in order, past participle (UK) got one's house in order or (US) gotten one's house in order)

  1. Synonym of put one's house in order.

Synonyms of get one's house in order

Forms of get one's house in order

third-person singular presentgets one's house in order
present participlegetting one's house in order
pastgot one's house in order
past participle UKgot one's house in order
past participle USgotten one's house in order

Questions about get one's house in order

What does get one's house in order mean?
Get one's house in order means synonym of put one's house in order.
What part of speech is get one's house in order?
Get one's house in order is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's house in order?
The past tense of get one's house in order is got one's house in order.

Words near get one's house in order in the dictionary

  1. get one's head straight
  2. get one's head together
  3. get one's hole
  4. get one's hooks into
  5. get one's hopes up
  6. get one's house in order
  7. get one's hump up
  8. get one's jollies
  9. get one's juices flowing
  10. get one's kicks
  11. get one's kit off

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