put set to rights
1put/set to rights — put/set (something) to rights : to put (something) back into the normal or proper condition He helped his mother put things to rights [=put things in order] after his father died. • • • Main Entry: ↑right …
2put something to rights — put/set/something to rights phrase to make something go back to its normal state again We’ll have to put the place to rights before they get back. Thesaurus: to make something bettersynonym Main entry: right * * * …
3put somebody to rights — put/set sb/sth to ˈrights idiom to correct sb/sth; to put things in their right places or right order • It took me ages to put things to rights after the workmen had left. Main entry: ↑rightidiom …
4set\ to\ rights — • put to rights • set to rights v. phr. informal To put in good order; clean up. It took the company a long time to put the office to rights after the fire. It took Mrs. Smith an hour to set the room to rights after the party …
5put/set something to rights — put/set (something) to rights : to put (something) back into the normal or proper condition He helped his mother put things to rights [=put things in order] after his father died. • • • Main Entry: ↑right …
6set to rights — ► put (or set) to rights restore to the correct or normal state. Main Entry: ↑right …
7To set to rights — Right Right, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true… …
8set to rights — Adjust, regulate, put in order, put to rights …
9set to rights — See: PUT TO RIGHTS …
10set to rights — See: PUT TO RIGHTS …
