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make right

make right verb: to right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.

Verb

make right (third-person singular simple present makes right, present participle making right, simple past and past participle made right)

  1. (transitive) To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.
    • We had some bad blood initially, but in the end it was all made right by talking things over.
    • She wondered how she could ever make it right.

Forms of make right

third-person singular presentmakes right
present participlemaking right
past participlemade right
pastmade right

Questions about make right

What does make right mean?
Make right means to right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.
What part of speech is make right?
Make right is a verb.
What is the past tense of make right?
The past tense of make right is made right.

Words near make right in the dictionary

  1. make peace
  2. make pigs and whistles of
  3. make position
  4. make pretend
  5. make quick work of
  6. make right
  7. make room
  8. make sail
  9. make semblant
  10. make sense
  11. make shift

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