"put one's affairs in order" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> one's affairs in order"
      },
      "expansion": "put one's affairs in order (third-person singular simple present puts one's affairs in order, present participle putting one's affairs in order, simple past and past participle put one's affairs in order)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What did the test say, Doc? —I think it's time for you to be putting your affairs in order.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The judge gave him ten days to put his affairs in order before beginning his sentence.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare for the end of, or a radical change in, one's life."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_one's_affairs_in_order-en-verb-1UUOv-uc",
      "links": [
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get one's ducks in a row"
        },
        {
          "word": "put one's house in order"
        },
        {
          "word": "get one's affairs in order"
        },
        {
          "word": "settle one's affairs"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "prepare for the end of one's life",
          "word": "料理后事"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "prepare for the end of one's life",
          "word": "järjestää asiansa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put one's affairs in order"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put one's affairs in order",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> one's affairs in order"
      },
      "expansion": "put one's affairs in order (third-person singular simple present puts one's affairs in order, present participle putting one's affairs in order, simple past and past participle put one's affairs in order)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What did the test say, Doc? —I think it's time for you to be putting your affairs in order.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The judge gave him ten days to put his affairs in order before beginning his sentence.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare for the end of, or a radical change in, one's life."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "get one's ducks in a row"
    },
    {
      "word": "put one's house in order"
    },
    {
      "word": "get one's affairs in order"
    },
    {
      "word": "settle one's affairs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "prepare for the end of one's life",
      "word": "料理后事"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prepare for the end of one's life",
      "word": "järjestää asiansa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put one's affairs in order"
}