put right

Verb

Meaning

settle or put right

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

straighten out iron out right change better square correct improve reform restore solve repair settle resolve enhance
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Antonyms

damage break destroy harm ruin worsen
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Hypernyms

better improve amend ameliorate meliorate

Examples

Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. Carl Schurz

I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong. Greta Garbo

The existance of Israel is an error which we must put right. This is our opportunity to wipe out the disgrace which is Israel which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear- to wipe Israel off the map. Abdul Rahman Arif

It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered. That damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again. Kay Redfield Jamison

A mistake isn't a mistake unless it can't be put right. Sophie Kinsella

New generation can put right the mistakes of the old. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

put pressure put pressure on put questions to put screws to put side by side