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tight ship

n. (context idiomatic English) a well-organized and highly disciplined organization

Usage examples of "tight ship".

Igrot had run a tight ship, but had not been much for spit and polish.

Their friend Simeon, the shellperson station manager, ran a tight ship.

I protested, knowing that he knew as well as I did that I ran a tight ship.

He ran a tight ship and did not intend to have outsiders come on board and disrupt his set routine.

The San Marino is a tight ship, and the captain here is a fair skipper.