View synonyms for set right

set right

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]
Make something accurate or fair, as in He offered to pay for the meal to put things right . Also see set straight .
Correct someone, as in They thought he was married but he quickly set them right .

Discover More

Also, put right .

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

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.

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

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

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

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

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

Start each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Browse