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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "sets the record straight",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "setting the record straight",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "set the record straight",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "set the record straight",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "set<,,set> the record straight"
},
"expansion": "set the record straight (third-person singular simple present sets the record straight, present participle setting the record straight, simple past and past participle set the record straight)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "French links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to correct a previous error or misunderstanding, especially one in print"
],
"id": "en-set_the_record_straight-en-verb-~MGtsGzN",
"links": [
[
"correct",
"correct"
],
[
"error",
"error"
],
[
"misunderstanding",
"misunderstanding"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "put the record straight"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "uvést na pravou míru"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "oikaista asia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "selvittää asia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "mettre les choses au clair"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "tirer les choses au clair"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "mettre les points sur les i"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "remettre les pendules à l’heure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "etwas klarstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "etwas richtigstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "etwas korrigieren"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prostować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyprostowywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyprostować"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "đính chính"
}
]
}
],
"word": "set the record straight"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "sets the record straight",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "setting the record straight",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "set the record straight",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "set the record straight",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "set<,,set> the record straight"
},
"expansion": "set the record straight (third-person singular simple present sets the record straight, present participle setting the record straight, simple past and past participle set the record straight)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "put the record straight"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"French links with redundant wikilinks"
],
"glosses": [
"to correct a previous error or misunderstanding, especially one in print"
],
"links": [
[
"correct",
"correct"
],
[
"error",
"error"
],
[
"misunderstanding",
"misunderstanding"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "uvést na pravou míru"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "oikaista asia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "selvittää asia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "mettre les choses au clair"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "tirer les choses au clair"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "mettre les points sur les i"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "remettre les pendules à l’heure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "etwas klarstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "etwas richtigstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "etwas korrigieren"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prostować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyprostowywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyprostować"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to correct a previous error",
"word": "đính chính"
}
],
"word": "set the record straight"
}
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