put to rights
Example Sentences
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But one project the most recent legacy leadership class explored should be relatively easy to put to rights.
From Washington Times • May 25, 2016
Miraculously, everything had been put to rights, as if a child had made his bed, put away his toys, and organized all the books on his shelves.
From The New Yorker • May 30, 2015
In Blondie, the hapless, incompetent Dagwood is forever being put to rights by his cool, frizzy-haired wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Nonsense! I’m only redistributing the wealth. I need to repair the roof and fix the robot, have the tennis court put to rights and replace the pipe in the fountain. The stables are collapsing, too.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Mortlake then addressed his companion:—"My dear Emily! be more composed—never mind your father—I will write to him, and all will yet be put to rights."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
