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righted the ship

righted the ship is the simple past and past participle of right the ship.

Meaning of right the ship

Verb

right the ship (third-person singular simple present rights the ship, present participle righting the ship, simple past and past participle righted the ship)

  1. (figuratively) To correct a process that is not proceeding properly.

Questions about righted the ship

What is righted the ship the simple past and past participle of?
Righted the ship is the simple past and past participle of right the ship.

Words near righted the ship in the dictionary

  1. rightdoer
  2. rightdoers
  3. rightdoing
  4. righte
  5. righted
  6. righted the ship
  7. righten
  8. rightened
  9. rightening
  10. rightens
  11. righteo

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