right the ship in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rights the ship",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "righting the ship",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "righted the ship",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "righted the ship",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "Correct a process that is not proceeding properly."
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      "id": "en-right_the_ship-en-verb-0tUaRgwO",
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        "(figuratively) Correct a process that is not proceeding properly."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "set aright"
        },
        {
          "word": "set right"
        },
        {
          "word": "bilge pump"
        },
        {
          "word": "even keel"
        },
        {
          "word": "tight ship"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put things right"
        },
        {
          "word": "steady the ship"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "oikaista laiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "redresser la barre"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "naprawiać"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "naprawić"
        },
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          "word": "poprawiać"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "poprawić"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "right the ship"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rights the ship",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "righting the ship",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "righted the ship",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "righted the ship",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "right the ship (third-person singular simple present rights the ship, present participle righting the ship, simple past and past participle righted the ship)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "set aright"
    },
    {
      "word": "set right"
    },
    {
      "word": "bilge pump"
    },
    {
      "word": "even keel"
    },
    {
      "word": "tight ship"
    }
  ],
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        "Correct a process that is not proceeding properly."
      ],
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        "(figuratively) Correct a process that is not proceeding properly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put things right"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "steady the ship"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "oikaista laiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "redresser la barre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "naprawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "naprawić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "poprawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poprawić"
    }
  ],
  "word": "right the ship"
}

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"right the ship" meaning in English

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