putting straight
Fixing a misunderstanding
Putting straight means correcting or fixing something that has gone wrong or become disordered.
You might put straight a misunderstanding, a crooked picture, or a messy room: Let me put you straight—that's not what happened.
The phrase implies restoring proper order or truth to a situation that had deviated from it.
- setting upPreparing or assembling beforehand
- sorting outResolving confusion or disorder
- fixRepair or solution
- evenUniform and level
- aligningPositioning in proper relation
true · arranging · order · reconciling · smoothing over · mediating · amending · correcting · adjusting · level · elucidating · clearing up · laying out · apologizing · getting even · calibrating · clarifying · rectifying
putting straightbending
Curving from straight
twisting · crooking · warping · skewing · misaligning
putting straightmessing up
Failing through carelessness
complicating · tangling · making worse · sabotaging · fouling up
putting straightmisinforming
Conveying inaccurate facts
misleading · deceiving · leading astray · confusing · obfuscating
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