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got one's house in order

got one's house in order is the simple past of get one's house in order.

got one's house in order is the past participle of get one's house in order.

Meaning of get 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.

Questions about got one's house in order

What is got one's house in order the simple past of?
Got one's house in order is the simple past of get one's house in order.

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

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

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