set straight
verb
Roget 246:
be straight
etc.
adj.;
have no turning;
not incline to either side,
not bend to either side,
not turn to either side,
not deviate to either side;
go straight;
steer for
etc.
(directions)
278.
render straight,
straighten,
rectify;
set straight,
put straight;
unbend,
unfold,
uncurl
etc.
248,
unravel
etc.
219,
unwrap.
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Roget 527a:
correct,
set right,
set straight,
put straight;
undeceive†;
enlighten.
show one one's error;
point out an error,
point out a fallacy;
pick out an error,
pick out the fallacy;
open one's eyes.
pick apart an argument,
confutation
etc.
479;
reasoning
etc.
476.
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Roget 660:
return to the original state;
recover,
rally,
revive;
come come to,
come round,
come to oneself;
pull through,
weather the storm,
be oneself again;
get well,
get round,
get the better of,
get over,
get about;
rise from one's ashes,
rise from the grave;
survive
etc.
(outlive)
110;
resume,
reappear;
come to,
come to life again;
live again,
rise again.
heal,
skin over,
cicatrize;
right itself.
restore,
put back,
place in statu quo [Lat.];
reinstate,
replace,
reseat,
rehabilitate,
reestablish,
reestate†,
reinstall.
reconstruct,
rebuild,
reorganize,
reconstitute;
reconvert;
renew,
renovate;
regenerate;
rejuvenate.
redeem,
reclaim,
recover,
retrieve;
rescue
etc.
(deliver)
672.
redress,
recure†;
cure,
heal,
remedy,
doctor,
physic,
medicate;
break of;
bring round,
set on one's legs.
resuscitate,
revive,
reanimate,
revivify,
recall to life;
reproduce
etc.
163;
warm up;
reinvigorate,
refresh
etc.
689.
make whole,
redintegrate†;
recoup
etc.
790;
make good,
make all square;
rectify,
correct;
put right,
put to rights,
set right,
set to rights,
set straight;
set up;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60;
refit,
recruit;
fill up,
fill up the ranks;
reinforce.
repair;
put in repair,
remanufacture,
put in thorough repair,
put in complete repair;
retouch,
refashion,
botch†,
vamp,
tinker,
cobble;
do up,
patch up,
touch up,
plaster up,
vamp up;
darn,
finedraw†,
heelpiece†;
stop a gap,
stanch,
staunch,
caulk,
calk,
careen,
splice,
bind up wounds.
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Roget 723:
pacify,
tranquilize,
compose;
allay
etc.
(moderate)
174;
reconcile,
propitiate,
placate,
conciliate,
meet halfway,
hold out the olive branch,
heal the breach,
make peace,
restore harmony,
bring to terms.
settle matters,
arrange matters,
accommodate matters,
accommodate differences;
set straight;
make up a quarrel,
tantas componere lites [Lat.];
come to an understanding,
come to terms;
bridge over,
hush up;
make it,
make matters up;
shake hands;
mend one's fences [U.S.].
raise a siege,
lift a siege;
put up the sword,
sheathe the sword;
bury the hatchet,
lay down one's arms,
turn swords into plowshares;
smoke the calumet of peace,
close the temple of Janus;
keep the peace
etc.
(concord)
714;
be pacified
&c.;
come round.
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