Idiom
get one's priorities straight
Meaning
Synonym of get one's act together.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to get your priorities straight before you fail your classes.”
“After wasting all his savings on useless gadgets, he realized he needed to get his priorities straight and focus on his rent.”
“The manager urged the team to get their priorities straight, emphasizing that finishing the urgent project was far more important than debating minor design details.”
Examples
simple
“You need to get your priorities straight before you fail your classes.”
contextual
“After wasting all his savings on useless gadgets, he realized he needed to get his priorities straight and focus on his rent.”
complex
“The manager urged the team to get their priorities straight, emphasizing that finishing the urgent project was far more important than debating minor design details.”
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