set right

1. Place something in proper position; also, repair something. For example, Your tie is lopsided; let me set it right , or The faucets were in backwards but the plumber will soon put them right . [Second half of 1500s]

2. Make something accurate or fair, as in He offered to pay for the meal to put things right . Also see set straight .

3. Correct someone, as in They thought he was married but he quickly set them right .

Idioms and Phrases

Also, put right .

Example Sentences

Lurking not far beneath the prettiness lies the real Pagford—a dystopia that would take a wizard to set right.

From The Daily Beast

He's very tall an' gran', an' w'ars fine close, an' han's is white as a cotton bat, but his eyes doan set right in his head.

From Project Gutenberg

He was needed to set right his barony, for he himself grew weak and his vassals quarrelsome.

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The mule got uneasy; the load shifted; something was continually requiring to be set right.

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That's the wrong I want to set right before it becomes too public a shame.

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I want to try to meet him in Switzerland, and, if we can, perhaps it may be set right.

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