living arrangement
Where and with whom one lives. A: "What's your living arrangement these days?" B: "Oh, I'm living with my parents while I figure out my next move." A tiny apartment in Brooklyn with three roommates is not a living arrangement that would work for me, but Alyssa seems perfectly happy with it.
living situation
Where and with whom one lives. A: "What's your living situation these days?" B: "Oh, I'm living with my parents while I figure out my next move." A tiny apartment in Brooklyn with three roommates is not a living situation that would work for me, but Alyssa seems perfectly happy with it.
make arrangements
To organize, plan, or prepare. Typically followed by "for (someone or something)" or "to (do something)." I will make arrangements for you two to meet this week. We're making arrangements to have the faulty equipment repaired next week. Please make arrangements for my sister. She'll be arriving in the morning.
make the arrangements
1. To organize, plan, or prepare what is necessary (for or to do something). Our legal team has already made the arrangements, so everything should be ready for you when you arrive on Monday. It will take me a little bit of time to make the arrangements, but the new equipment should be ready sometime in the next week or two.
2. To organize everything that is necessary for a funeral. I'm so shaken from her death that I can't even think about making the arrangements right now. My brothers and sisters and I all made the arrangements together when our father finally passed away.
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make arrangements for someone
to plan accommodations for someone. John is coming for a visit next week. Please make arrangements for him at the hotel. I will make arrangements for everyone when I call the hotel.
make arrangements to do something
to plan to do something; to facilitate the doing of something. Please make arrangements to have all this stuff hauled away. We will make arrangements to be there on time.
make arrangements (with someone) (for something)
to make plans with someone for something. I will make arrangements with Fred for the loan. We can make arrangements for a car with the manager.
make the arrangements
Euph. to arrange a funeral. A funeral services practitioner will be happy to help you make the arrangements. When my father died, I was the one who made the arrangements.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
make arrangements for
Plan or prepare for someone or something, as in Who is making all the arrangements for our sales meeting? This expression employs arrangements in the sense of "measures or preparations for a particular purpose," a usage dating from the late 1700s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.