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See definition of set straight on Dictionary.com
  • as incorrect
  • as inright
  • as insquare away

synonyms for set straight

  • alter
  • amend
  • cure
  • improve
  • mend
  • rectify
  • redress
  • regulate
  • remedy
  • repair
  • review
  • revise
  • straighten out
  • upgrade
  • ameliorate
  • better
  • change
  • debug
  • doctor
  • edit
  • emend
  • help
  • launder
  • polish
  • reclaim
  • reconstruct
  • reform
  • remodel
  • reorganize
  • retouch
  • right
  • scrub
  • clean up
  • clean up act
  • do over
  • fiddle with
  • fix up
  • get with it
  • go over
  • make over
  • make right
  • make up for
  • pay dues
  • pick up
  • put in order
  • set right
  • shape up
  • touch up
  • turn around

antonyms for set straight

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  • break
  • damage
  • depress
  • destroy
  • harm
  • hurt
  • injure
  • maintain
  • remain
  • ruin
  • weaken
  • worsen
  • blow
  • blunder
  • coddle
  • goof
  • indulge
  • mistake
  • pamper
  • pet
  • spoil
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    How to use set straight in a sentence

    You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
    ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
    I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
    TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
    She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
    THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
    This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
    DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
    She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
    CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES
    She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
    HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
    Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
    THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
    He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
    THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
    His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
    ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
    I shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.
    THE MEDIAEVAL MIND (VOLUME II OF II)HENRY OSBORN TAYLOR
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    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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