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set straight

set straight verb: to correct; to make right or true.

Verb

set straight (third-person singular simple present sets straight, present participle setting straight, simple past and past participle set straight)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To correct; to make right or true.
    • I'd like to set straight some misconceptions about recent events.
    • He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.

set straight meaning in Bengali

set straight in Bengali

সংশোধন করা, ঠিক, সত্য করা

Synonyms of set straight

Forms of set straight

third-person singular presentsets straight
present participlesetting straight
past participleset straight
pastset straight

Questions about set straight

What does set straight mean?
Set straight means to correct; to make right or true.
What is set straight in Bengali?
Set straight in Bengali is সংশোধন করা, ঠিক, সত্য করা. See Set straight meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is set straight?
Set straight is a verb.
What is the past tense of set straight?
The past tense of set straight is set straight.

Words near set straight in the dictionary

  1. set sights on
  2. set someone's teeth on edge
  3. set square
  4. set squares
  5. set store by
  6. set straight
  7. set the ball rolling
  8. set the bar
  9. set the cat among the pigeons
  10. set the heather alight
  11. set the heather on fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: set straight (page history and authors); set straight (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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