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set to rights
Idioms and Phrases
Also, put to rights . Place in proper condition or order. For example, The caterer promised to set the room to rights before he left , or Don't worry, the lawyer will put the will to rights . These terms date from the second half of the 1600s, although to rights in the sense of “in proper order” was first recorded about 1330. Also see set right .Example Sentences
But if you thought this story would end with the monster safely defeated and the world set to rights, you’re mistaken.
Nothing is set to rights by the end of the story; Christmas is saved simply because Paddington has made Great Aunt Matilda laugh.
When everything was set to rights, I turned to making ready my bed.
Poirot, naturally, is not misled, and the world can be set to rights.
The room was soon set to rights, but it’s a well-known fact that cat puddles stink to high heaven.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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