settle (one's) affairs
settle (one's) affairs
To deal with one's outstanding business or financial affairs. After we declared a voluntary liquidation, a third-party liquidator will come in and settle our affairs for us. You'll need to settle your affairs before you can apply for a mortgage.
See also: affair, settle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
settle someone's affairs
to deal with one's business matters; to manage the business affairs of someone who can't. When my uncle died, I had to settle his affairs. I have to settle my affairs before going to Mexico for a year.
See also: affair, settle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- settle affairs
- at expense
- at somebody's expense
- at someone's expense
- at (one's) expense
- at doorstep
- at (one's) doorstep
- be remembered as (something)
- be remembered as/for something
- be in someone's good graces