"set straight" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-set straight.ogg Forms: sets straight [present, singular, third-person], setting straight [participle, present], set straight [participle, past], set straight [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> straight}} set straight (third-person singular simple present sets straight, present participle setting straight, simple past and past participle set straight)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: put straight, put right Related terms: scare straight, set the record straight, straight-sets Translations (to correct; to make right or true): rechttrekken (Dutch), oikaista (Finnish), geraderücken (German), richtigstellen (German), in Ordnung bringen (German), korrigieren (German), berichtigen (German), rimettere in sesto (Italian), wyprostowywać [imperfective] (Polish), wyprostować [perfective] (Polish), исправля́ть (ispravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поправля́ть (popravljátʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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          "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "korrigieren"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "berichtigen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
      "word": "rimettere in sesto"
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      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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      "sense": "to correct; to make right or true",
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      "word": "исправля́ть"
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