neat and tidy

idiom

: clean and organized
The house is neat and tidy.

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Instead, put them in your cabinets for neat and tidy organization, particularly for items that are notoriously hard to store. Heather Bien, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026 The old, neat and tidy system where the top two progress and every else goes home, is done. Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026 If keeping your space neat and tidy is top of mind, grab this sideboard from Kelly Clarkson Home that has built-in shelving and a cool mid-century modern geometric pattern on the front. Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026 Yet as neat and tidy as this sounds, such revolutions — especially those supported by outside interference — rarely proceed tidily. Robert Muggah, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for neat and tidy

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“Neat and tidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neat%20and%20tidy. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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