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put something right

to correct something to make it the way it should be set something right What did we do wrong? And how do we put it right?

Usage notes: often used in the form put things right: At the end, he got over his anger, and was determined to put things right.

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When everything had been put right, and the carriage had been brought back to the road, Levin had the lunch served. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Marilla felt that, in some strange way, his marriage with Anne would put right that old mistake. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context - I want to be put right, if I am wrong - isn't it, really? David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context			put on weight put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put right put roots down put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in put the fear of God into put the feed bag on put the finger on Put the flags out! put the frighteners on put the heat on			put over put over put over knee put over the top put over to a future date put own house in order put paid to put paid to put paid to put paid to put paid to put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put pressure on Put Prevention Into Practice Put price Put Prices Put provision Put Provisions put questions to Put ratio backspread Put Ratio Backspreads put right put roots down put seal put seal put seal put seal put seal put seal on put seal on put seal on put seal on put seal on put shirt on put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put shoulder to the wheel put side by side put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some sweet lines on put some sweet lines on someone put some teeth into put someone behind bars put someone behind the eight ball put someone in put someone in a bad mood put someone in harm's way put someone in the hole

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