set straight
Clear things up
Set straight means to correct someone's misunderstanding or mistaken belief: Let me set you straight about what actually happened.
It can also mean to reform behavior or get someone back on the right path: A few years in the military set him straight.
The phrase implies replacing error with truth, or disorder with proper conduct.
Make something understood
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- clarifyMake something understandable
- educateProvide formal instruction
- instructConvey knowledge or orders
inform · tell the truth · disabuse · undeceive · disillusion · open eyes · clue in · fill in
To make something right
- amendModify or correct
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- fixRepair or solution
- resolveFirmness of purpose
adjust · reform · revise · redress · modify · repair · right · sort out
Formal expression of disapproval
- admonishReprove with counsel
- scoldRebuke harshly
- chastiseReprimand severely for wrongdoing
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
reproach · discipline · chide · tell off · dress down · call out · take to task · straighten up
explain
Make something understood
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- clarifyMake something understandable
- educateProvide formal instruction
instruct · inform · tell the truth · disabuse · undeceive · disillusion · open eyes · clue in · fill in · brief
rectify
To make something right
resolve · adjust · reform · revise · redress · modify · repair · right · sort out · put right
reprimand
Formal expression of disapproval
lecture · reproach · discipline · chide · tell off · dress down · call out · take to task · straighten up · shape up
- getting organizedget organized, in order, put in place, straighten up, tidy up
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct
setting, straight, sets, straightforward, setter, straightaway, preset, straightened, straightening