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set to rights

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  1. Also, put to rights. Place in proper condition or order. For example, The caterer promised to set the room to rights before he left, or Don't worry, the lawyer will put the will to rights. These terms date from the second half of the 1600s, although to rights in the sense of “in proper order” was first recorded about 1330. Also see set right.

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It needs to be said that not everything has been set to rights.

From The Guardian

She hopes to be a homeowner again once her finances are set to rights, though she has also concluded that owning a home with no equity is overrated.

From Economist

Weapons were forged; armor was repaired; army equipments were set to rights.

From Project Gutenberg

The wound in my uncle Toby’s groin, which he received at the siege of Namur, rendering him unfit for the service, it was thought expedient he should return to England, in order, if possible, to be set to rights.

From Project Gutenberg

“Give them a chance,” said Katherine, her voice proceeding in muffled tones from the depths of the music cabinet, which, in order to pass away the time, she had undertaken to set to rights.

From Project Gutenberg

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