put right

1. Fix, make amends, correct, as in The wheel's come off, but we can put that right in no time, or Victor thought we were moving out, but we put him right. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

However, squandering a 14-point lead against Australia in round three - which they put right the following week - will come as the biggest frustration as another victory would have helped them avoid finishing fourth.

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This was also a missed opportunity to put right their recent poor away record in Europe, now failing to win their past five games on the road in the competition.

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There are far too few Hollywood films about table tennis for our liking - something this Josh Safdie movie intends to put right.

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"We regret this court cannot put right all that he has suffered over half a century," he said.

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He added: "It will feel even better when it's done, when I have knocked him out and won. Put the demons to bed and put right what went wrong."

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