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Synonyms

put right

Idioms  

  1. 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

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Add to the fact that they butchered a clutch of chances in last year's loss at Twickenham and there is plenty to put right for France.

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An oil company has been forced to pay £6.1m to put right ecological damage caused by an oil spill.

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So when I got down on one knee I said, 'there's something in that song I'm going to put right'.

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He said there was a "moral and ethical" obligation to sort it out, adding that "we know what remains undone and needs to be put right".

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“You don’t need to trust me again. But if you want things to be put right, you’ll give that thing to Hila now.”

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