Verb
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)
to correct a previous error or misunderstanding, especially one in print
I was given opportunities not extended to my fellow soldiers, I embraced those opportunities to set the record straight. Jessica Lynch
Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight. Jessica Savitch
I'll be eighty this month. Age, if nothing else, entitles me to set the record straight before I dissolve. I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. Gloria Swanson
To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didnt sign to Atlantic just for the money. Ben Gibbard
When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all. Corey Clark