put the record straight

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put/set the record straight

to tell the true facts about a situation in order to show people that what they believed previously was not correct She is writing her memoirs to set the record straight once and for all.

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I think Gloucester will want to put the record straight after we beat them three times last season in the Heineken and Anglo-Welsh Cup. Young: Gloucs want revenge by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) I think Gloucester will want to put the record straight after we beat them three times last season," said Young. Young braced for the Gloucester backlash by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) We just wanted to put the record straight and let people know why he wasn't working for us any more. Thieving barber caught taking his cut from the till; CROOK IS ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			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 the kibosh on put the knife in put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the pedal to the metal put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put thinking cap on put through put through hell put through paces put through the mill put through the wringer put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to rest put to shame put to sleep put to the test put to use put together put too fine a point on put toward put trust in put two and two together			put the freeze on someone put the frighteners on put the hard word on put the hard word on someone put the heat on put the into put the into put the into put the into put the into put the into put the kibosh on put the knife in put the kybosh on put the lid on put the lid on put the lid on put the lid on put the lid on it put the lid on it put the lid on it put the make on put the mockers on put the moves on put the moves on put the moves on put the moves on put the nose-bag on put the pedal to the metal Put the Pipe Down put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put the stopper on put the stopper on put the stopper on put the tin lid on it put the tin lid on it put the tin lid on it put the touch on put the touch on someone put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up

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