put into order

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At this time, all our waste-cloths, pennants, brass sheaves, and other matters, were sent aboard, and our ship was put into order to receive our general, whose return was soon expected.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

I've had some experience of keeping within limits, and if I can lend you a hand over getting your house put into order without wasting money, I shall be glad to do so.

From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald

All which were put into order, and secured in excellent wainscot presses, by order of the house of peers, in the year 1719 and 1720.

From London in 1731 by Gonzales, Don Manoel

And when it was all over, we went back to Fred's until the Fleming house could be put into order again.

From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Should the statements that he receives be put into order by him?

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)