put in order

Idioms and Phrases

Arrange in proper sequence; see in order , def. 1; also put one's house in order .

Example Sentences

“Explicit effort needs to be put in order to curtail it.”

From Scientific American

The helicopters broadcast messages in the Huitoto language recorded by the children's grandmother urging them to stop moving and stay put in order to give the army a better chance of finding them.

From BBC

He said an announcement of the death had been delayed while matters involving Mr. Anger’s estate were being put in order.

From New York Times

It’s a detective novel, so how difficult could it be to put in order?’” he recalls.

From Scientific American

An official, urgent 1-mile evacuation had been put in order; the Ohio National Guard had been deployed; a reporter had been arrested at a press conference with the governor after apparently trying to answer questions from other reporters about evacuation for surrounding residents; and there were warnings that a chemical leaking from the train—vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen used to make PVC plastic—could be explosive.

From Slate

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