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• put someone straight about something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone straight on something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone right about something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone right on something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… …   Useful english dictionary

• set someone straight — set/put/someone straight phrase to tell someone the true facts about a situation after they have been told something that is not true Thanks for setting me straight. Thesaurus: to make something easier to understandsynonym Main entry: straight …   Useful english dictionary

• put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• straight — straight1 [ streıt ] adjective ** ▸ 1 not bending/curving ▸ 2 not leaning ▸ 3 honest and true ▸ 4 information: correct ▸ 5 without interruption ▸ 6 serious ▸ 7 voting for one party ▸ 8 drink: not mixed ▸ 9 about person ▸ 10 clean and neat ▸ 11… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• straight — I UK [streɪt] / US adverb Word forms straight : comparative straighter superlative straightest *** 1) without a bend or curve Continue straight on for about 20 yards then turn left. Sue always looks you straight in the eye when she s talking to… …   English dictionary

• put */*/*/ — UK [pʊt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms put : present tense I/you/we/they put he/she/it puts present participle putting past tense put past participle put 1) a) to move something to a particular position, especially using your hands She put… …   English dictionary

• straight — /streɪt / (say strayt) adjective 1. without a bend, crook, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path. 2. flat; horizontal. 3. Cricket a. (of a bat) held perpendicular to the ground. b. (of a stroke) playing the ball down the wicket past the… …