set straight

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set someone/something straight

to tell someone the true facts about a situation that they had not understood correctly. If you think we won't be affected by what's happening in Asia, our chief economist would like to set you straight.

Related vocabulary: set the record straight

See also: set, straight

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George at his buttonhole and a plain forage cap set straight on his head. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Korsunky bowed, set straight his open shirt front, and gave her his arm to conduct her to Anna Arkadyevna. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context That night the sun set straight out across the water opposite the land, and then the ape-man guessed at last the truth that he had been suspecting. The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

References in classic literature

George at his buttonhole and a plain forage cap set straight on his head.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Korsunky bowed, set straight his open shirt front, and gave her his arm to conduct her to Anna Arkadyevna.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

That night the sun set straight out across the water opposite the land, and then the ape-man guessed at last the truth that he had been suspecting.

The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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set out
set out stall
set out to
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set sail
set sights
set sights on

set straight
set teeth on edge
set the agenda
set the fur flying
set the pace
set the record straight
set the scene
set the scene for

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