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get (or have) one's ducks in a rowNorth American informal Get (or have) one’s facts straight; get (or have) everything organized: I want to have my ducks in a row before I go in there and confront them...- If you are trying to get 100 musicians to play your symphony, you had better have your ducks in a row before you walk into the hall with an armload of scores.
- ‘You can't get a public fund-raising campaign going if you don't have your ducks in a row,’ he says.
- The other board members pay attention if I present my case forcefully, and I can be enough of a pain that they make sure they have their ducks in a row before bringing up any new spending increase.
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