put right

English

Verb

put right (third-person singular simple present puts right, present participle putting right, simple past and past participle put right)

1. (transitive) To rectify; to put in order; to make good.

   Synonym: set straight

   • 2008, Lawrence E. Harrison, “Introduction”, in The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     “When people realize things are going wrong, there are two questions they can ask: One is, ‘What did we do wrong?’ ... [This] question leads to another line of thinking: ‘How do we put it right?’”

See also

• put to rights