Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

set one's house in order

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
set one's -house- in order
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

sets one's house in order (present, singular) setting one's house in order (participle, present)

Synonyms

Questions

What does set one's house in order mean?
Synonym of put one's house in order.

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