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set straight

Verb

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set straight (third-person singular simple present sets straight, present participle setting straight, simple past and past participle set straight)

(transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true.
I'd like to set straight some misconceptions about recent events.
He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.

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I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight. Harlan Ellison

Though much of the federal investigation is tied to the mailbox case, the feds are also looking at allegations that Katherine fixed a speeding ticket for a friend, something Kaneshiro says he had to set straight for the grand jury. Source: Internet

I’m not expecting answers, or any kind of a definitive picture of Diana to emerge, or the historic record to be set straight. Source: Internet

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