set straight

Idioms  

1. Correct someone by providing accurate information; also, make an arrangement honest or fair. For example, Let me set you straight about Lisa; she's never actually worked for us, or To set matters straight I'll pay you back Monday. It is sometimes put as set the record straight, meaning “correct an inaccurate account,” as in Just to set the record straight, we arrived at ten. [First half of 1900s]

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set straight

“We can make sure that the history record is set straight and the truth will prevail, and that the people of Mariupol, and those who have given their lives, will never be forgotten,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

And she has some things she’d like to set straight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

The flyer is a list of accusations and notions about the ATF that the agency wants to set straight about itself to the public.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

The work to trace the group’s hiding place indicated “a great desire by many young Ukrainians to set straight the history and prevent it from being corrupted”, Preston said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2021

Stepping into the boat light as a cat Ged set straight the warped boards and rotten pegs, working both with tools and incantations, as he had used to do with Pechvarry in Low Torning.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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