put right

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put right

verb puts right · putting right · put right

transitive To rectify; to put in order; to make good. “When people realize things are going wrong, there are two questions they can ask: One is, ‘What did we do wrong?’ ... [This] question leads to another line of thinking: ‘How do we put it right?’”
Similar: set straight

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@misc{put_right_2026,
  title = {put right},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20right},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}