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set straight

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 right make up for pay dues pick up put in order set right 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
right
Synonyms
STRONG
adjust amend balance debug doctor emend launder mend overhaul patch recompense recondition reconstruct rectify redress repair restore reward scrub settle square straighten vindicate
WEAK
clean up compensate for dial back do justice fiddle with fix up go straight make up for pick up put in place put right recalibrate set upright shape up sort out straighten out turn around
Antonyms
STRONG
break confuse damage destroy harm hurt injure move punish ruin upset worsen
WEAK
wrong
VERB
square away
Synonyms
WEAK
make good make right rectify straighten

Example Sentences

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“We can make sure that the history record is set straight and the truth will prevail, and that the people of Mariupol, and those who have given their lives, will never be forgotten,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

And she has some things she’d like to set straight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2023

The work to trace the group’s hiding place indicated “a great desire by many young Ukrainians to set straight the history and prevent it from being corrupted”, Preston said.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021

If anyone had thought Mr Trump might tone down some of his more unusual styles of diplomacy for the three-day visit, they were set straight early on Monday morning.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2019

As Karhide had no regulations at all about leaving the country, I set straight off.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin