put right

Idioms and Phrases

Fix, make amends, correct, as in The wheel's come off, but we can put that right in no time , or Victor thought we were moving out, but we put him right . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

Soon as the quitters had gone, we were put right back to work.

From The Daily Beast

And they like the feeling they are being put right on the scene.

From The Daily Beast

Just think: after five years of desertion, and trouble without end, and it all put right by a little sleight-of-hand.

From Project Gutenberg

There may be trouble in the community which we can help to put right.

From Project Gutenberg

"You think everything in the world can be put right with a lift," Dicky said, and he did not speak lovingly.

From Project Gutenberg

Then they will return and help us to put right whatever damage may have been done during the fight.

From Project Gutenberg

I know you mean it kindly, I know you'd like to see things put right for me in that quarter, but do believe I've had enough.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• compensate for
• correct
• heal
• improve
• mend
• overhaul
• patch
• rebuild
• recover
• rectify
• refurbish
• remedy
• renovate
• retrieve
• revamp
• revive