in order
1.
with the particular aim or purpose.
Your bags will be searched in order that security can be maintained.

He came home early in order to make some phone calls.

2.
complete and correct.
Make sure the legal documents are signed and in order.

It looks like everything is in order.

3.
right for the occasion.
Now that you're a college graduate, I think congratulations are in order!

A speech seemed to be in order, but I wasn't sure what I should say.

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in order
adv. or adj. phr.
1. In arrangement; in the proper way of following one another.
Come to my desk in alphabetical order as I call your names.
Line up and walk to the door in order.
Name all the presidents in order.
Compare: IN TURN.
2. In proper condition.
The car was in good working order when I bought it.
The club leader looked at the club treasurer's records of money collected and spent, and found them all in order.
Compare: IN COMMISSION², PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER.
3. Following the rules; proper; suitable.
Is it in order to ask the speaker questions at the meeting?
At the end of a program, applause for the performers is in order.
Compare: IN PLACE.
Antonym: OUT OF ORDER.
4. See: PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER or SET ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER.

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