"have one's act together" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Figuratively, a comparison with the achieved result and the preparation involved in creating, producing, rehearsing, and polishing a theatrical act or similar performance.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "have<has,,had> one's act together"
      },
      "expansion": "have one's act together (third-person singular simple present has one's act together, present participle having one's act together, simple past and past participle had one's act together)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Susan R. Pitchford, The Sacred Gaze: Contemplation and the Healing of the Self, →ISBN, page 67:",
          "text": "Teresa also shows us that to have one's act together and stay within the boundaries of conventional piety is not the goal of the spiritual life.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Billups Allen, The League, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He was determined to wear his best shirt in the hopes of seeming like he had his act together.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays, →ISBN:",
          "text": "It's wonderful that my mom is alive and my dad isn't a distracted asshole and Greta is, I mean, she's awesome. Scabrous, incautious, and sharp. She deserves to live, much more than I do. Clearly John has his act together in a way I never did.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be serious, organized, worthwhile, etc."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "serious"
        ],
        [
          "organized",
          "organized"
        ],
        [
          "worthwhile",
          "worthwhile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be serious, organized, worthwhile, etc."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "get one's act together"
        },
        {
          "word": "get one's shit together"
        },
        {
          "word": "have one's shit together"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "have one's act together"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Figuratively, a comparison with the achieved result and the preparation involved in creating, producing, rehearsing, and polishing a theatrical act or similar performance.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's act together",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "get one's act together"
    },
    {
      "word": "get one's shit together"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's shit together"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Susan R. Pitchford, The Sacred Gaze: Contemplation and the Healing of the Self, →ISBN, page 67:",
          "text": "Teresa also shows us that to have one's act together and stay within the boundaries of conventional piety is not the goal of the spiritual life.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Billups Allen, The League, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He was determined to wear his best shirt in the hopes of seeming like he had his act together.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays, →ISBN:",
          "text": "It's wonderful that my mom is alive and my dad isn't a distracted asshole and Greta is, I mean, she's awesome. Scabrous, incautious, and sharp. She deserves to live, much more than I do. Clearly John has his act together in a way I never did.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be serious, organized, worthwhile, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "organized",
          "organized"
        ],
        [
          "worthwhile",
          "worthwhile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be serious, organized, worthwhile, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}