"set straight" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets straight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting straight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set straight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set straight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "set<,,set> straight"
      },
      "expansion": "set straight (third-person singular simple present sets straight, present participle setting straight, simple past and past participle set straight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'd like to set straight some misconceptions about recent events.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Your bedroom is a mess. Set things straight before you go out tonight.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To correct; to make right or true."
      ],
      "id": "en-set_straight-en-verb-UK4gxtp4",
      "links": [
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "scare straight"
        },
        {
          "word": "set the record straight"
        },
        {
          "word": "straight-sets"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put straight"
        },
        {
          "word": "put right"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "rechttrekken"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "oikaista"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "geraderücken"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "richtigstellen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "in Ordnung bringen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "korrigieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "berichtigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyprostowywać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyprostować"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispravljátʹ",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "исправля́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "popravljátʹ",
          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
          "word": "поправля́ть"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "En-au-set straight.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
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  "word": "set straight"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets straight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting straight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set straight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set straight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "set<,,set> straight"
      },
      "expansion": "set straight (third-person singular simple present sets straight, present participle setting straight, simple past and past participle set straight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scare straight"
    },
    {
      "word": "set the record straight"
    },
    {
      "word": "straight-sets"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English light verb constructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'd like to set straight some misconceptions about recent events.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Your bedroom is a mess. Set things straight before you go out tonight.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To correct; to make right or true."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put straight"
        },
        {
          "word": "put right"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "En-au-set straight.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-au-set_straight.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "rechttrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "oikaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "geraderücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "richtigstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "in Ordnung bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "korrigieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "berichtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyprostowywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyprostować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispravljátʹ",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "исправля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "popravljátʹ",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "поправля́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set straight"
}