have one's ducks in a row

have one's ducks in a row

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have one's ducks in a row

1. (idiomatic) To be organized; to have one's affairs in order; specifically, to have a multi-person effort coordinated towards the exact same goal.

   Wouldn't it be nice to have our ducks in a row and not have to search for the papers every time we needed them?