put+in+order
51put your affairs in order — phrase to organize the things relating to your personal life, for example your financial situation, especially so that there will not be any difficulties after you die Thesaurus: to organize your own affairssynonym Main entry: affair …
52put your house in order — put/set/get/your house in order old fashioned phrase to improve the way that you behave or do things, especially before criticizing how other people behave or do things Thesaurus: to organize your own affairssynonym Main entry …
53put your (own) house in order — put/set your (own) ˈhouse in order idiom to organize your own business or improve your own behaviour before you try to criticize sb else Main entry: ↑houseidiom …
54put\ to\ rights — • put to rights • set to rights v. phr. informal To put in good order; clean up. It took the company a long time to put the office to rights after the fire. It took Mrs. Smith an hour to set the room to rights after the party …
55put (someone) through (something) — 1. to force someone to experience something unpleasant in order to help them. His teacher put him through six months of writing essays every day to improve his skills. 2. to unintentionally cause someone to experience something painful. Elaine… …
56put their heads together — put (their) heads together if a group of people put their heads together, they think about something in order to get ideas or to solve a problem. If we put our heads together I know we can come up with a design that really works …
57put heads together — put (their) heads together if a group of people put their heads together, they think about something in order to get ideas or to solve a problem. If we put our heads together I know we can come up with a design that really works …
58put flesh on (the bones of) (something) — to add more detail to something in order to make it more interesting or easier to understand. We need some real figures and evidence to put flesh on the theory. It would be wise to put flesh on the bones of your basic proposal before you ask them …
59put somebody through their paces — put sb/sth through their/its ˈpaces idiom to give sb/sth a number of tasks to perform in order to see what they are capable of doing • Youngsters will be put through their paces by qualified instructors. • We sent our reporter to put Ford s… …
60put something through their paces — put sb/sth through their/its ˈpaces idiom to give sb/sth a number of tasks to perform in order to see what they are capable of doing • Youngsters will be put through their paces by qualified instructors. • We sent our reporter to put Ford s… …
