make right

VERB

correct

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alter amend cure improve mend rectify redress regulate remediate remedy repair review revise straighten out upgrade

STRONG

ameliorate better change debug doctor edit emend help launder polish reclaim reconstruct reform remodel reorganize retouch right scrub

WEAK

clean up clean up act do over fiddle with fix up get with it go over make over make up for pay dues pick up put in order set right set straight shape up touch up turn around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage depress destroy harm hurt injure maintain remain ruin weaken worsen

WEAK

be permissive blow blunder coddle goof indulge mistake pamper pet spoil

VERB

square away

Synonyms

WEAK

make good rectify set straight straighten

Example Sentences

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What’s the best move home buyers and homeowners can make right now — and what could be a costly mistake?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

The best move investors can make right now may be to just ‘sit tight,’ says Robinhood’s CIO Stephanie Guild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

For Mantel's Cromwell, the more distant smell of mortality is apparently enough to trigger feelings of guilt, self-reflection, and a renewed desire to make right what is wrong.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Judge Christopher Williams said there was "no sentence I can pass that can make right this awful tragedy".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023

Take a cinnamon roll that we just happened to make right before you arrived!

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

make right

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