Antonyms for put right
Grammar : Adj, verb |
- aggravate
- allow
- approve
- block
- break
- broken
- changeable
- confuse
- corrupt
- damage
- decline
- destroy
- get sick
- harm
- hinder
- hurt
- ignore
- impermanent
- in disrepair
- increase
- indefinite
- injure
- intensify
- irresolute
- kill
- maintain
- make worse
- mess up
- move
- neglect
- obstruct
- permit
- punish
- question
- remain
- ruin
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- unestablished
- unfixed
- unsteady
- upset
- variable
- weaken
- worsen
- wreck
- wrong
Definition of put right
- As in fixed : adj repaired
- As in iron out : verb reconcile a situation
- As in rectify : verb correct a situation; make something right
- As in redress : verb change, rectify
- As in remedy : verb fix, cure
- As in repair : verb fix, restore
- As in right : verb fix, correct
- But when 'twas put right up to me this way, I—I declare I was all fussed up.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Still something to put right—after you have worked so hard all these months?
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- Are we boys at school, to be scolded and flouted and put right by you?
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- "This one shall be put right, at any rate," he promised her.
- Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- And it is your place to settle it all, to see that all is put right as it should be?
- Extract from : « Allison Bain » by Margaret Murray Robertson
- The fleeces can be sheared, packed, weighed, and put right on the cars.
- Extract from : « The Story of Wool » by Sara Ware Bassett
- “Come, I think that can be put right,” saith the Mother, kindly.
- Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
- The thing could—must be put right yet, if only Larry and that girl did nothing!
- Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
- “I hope you may both be put right, without going so far,” said Will.
- Extract from : « Janet's Love and Service » by Margaret M Robertson
- There can be no happiness for her till this has been put right.
- Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for put right
- adjust
- agree
- aid
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- amend
- annul
- arbitrate
- assuage
- attend
- back together
- balance
- cancel
- change
- clean up
- clean up act
- clean up one's act
- clear up
- compensate
- compensate for
- compromise
- control
- correct
- counteract
- countercheck
- darn
- debug
- dial back
- do justice
- do up
- doctor
- ease
- eliminate
- emend
- eradicate
- erase
- even out
- expedite
- fiddle with
- fix
- fix up
- frustrate
- get rid of
- give a face-lift
- go over
- go straight
- going
- harmonize
- heal
- help
- improve
- in order
- in working order
- launder
- make amends
- make good
- make reparation
- make restitution
- make up for
- mend
- mended
- mitigate
- negate
- negative
- negotiate
- neutralize
- overhaul
- palliate
- patch
- patch up
- pay for
- pay one's dues
- pick up
- put back together
- put in order
- put in place
- put right
- reach agreement
- rebuild
- rebuilt
- recalibrate
- recompense
- recondition
- reconstruct
- recover
- rectify
- redress
- refitted
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- regulate
- rejuvenate
- relieve
- remedy
- renew
- renovate
- repair
- resolve
- restore
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- revise
- revive
- reward
- right
- scrub
- set right
- set straight
- set to rights
- set upright
- settle
- settle differences
- sew
- shape up
- simplify
- smooth over
- solve
- soothe
- sort out
- sorted
- square
- square up
- straighten
- straighten out
- straighten up
- touch up
- treat
- turn around
- turn over new leaf
- turn things around
- unravel
- upgrade
- vindicate
- whole
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