put/set (something) to rights
idiom
: to put (something) back into the normal or proper condition
He helped his mother put things to rights after his father died.
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But Sir John finally accepts his well-deserved comeuppance, and all is put to rights in that fugal finale.
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Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
This has now been put to rights with a $13 million construction project, which has restored the centrality of the library to the Morgan campus.
—Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 27 July 2022
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Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
This has now been put to rights with a $13 million construction project, which has restored the centrality of the library to the Morgan campus.
—Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 27 July 2022
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“Put/set (something) to rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%2Fset%20%28something%29%20to%20rights. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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