neat and tidy

idiom

: clean and organized
The house is neat and tidy.

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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 Yet as neat and tidy as this sounds, such revolutions — especially those supported by outside interference — rarely proceed tidily. Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 4 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 21 Jan. 2026.

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