PUT / SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Meaning of PUT / SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT in English

to give people the correct information about sth in order to make it clear that what they previously believed was in fact wrong

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adverb ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streght, streit, from past participle of strecchen to stretch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
RECORD — I. re·cord rə̇ˈkȯ(ə)rd, rēˈ-, -ȯ(ə)d verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English recorden to recall, recite, set down in writing, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — — straightly , adv. — straightness , n. /strayt/ , adj. straighter, straightest , adv. , n. adj. 1. without …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RECORD — — recordable , adj. — recordless , adj. v. /ri kawrd"/ ; n. , adj. /rek"euhrd/ , v.t. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English streght, straight, from past participle of strecchen to stretch — more at stretch Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RECORD — I. re·cord ri-ˈkȯrd verb Etymology: Middle English, literally, to recall, from Anglo-French recorder, from Latin recordari, from re- + cord-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — adj a variant of strait, ·adj. 2. straight ·vt to straighten. 3. straight ·superl unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
RECORD — vi to sing or repeat a tune. 2. record ·vt testimony; witness; attestation. 3. record ·vi to reflect; to ponder. …
Webster English vocab
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
STRAIGHT — [straight] adj [ME streght, straight, fr. pp. of strecchen to stretch--more at stretch] (14c) 1 a: free from curves, bends, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RECORD — [re.cord] vb [ME, lit., to recall, fr. OF recorder, fr. L recordari, fr. re- + cord-, cor heart--more at heart] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECORD — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈrekɔːd; NAmE ˈrekərd/ WRITTEN ACCOUNT 1. [ C ] record (of sth) a written …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RECORD — I. rec ‧ ord 1 S1 W1 /ˈrekɔːd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ record …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RECORD — n. & v. --n. 1 a a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. official) account of something that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RECORD — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. official) account of something that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
RECORD — n. & v. --n. 1. a a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. official) account of something that …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECORD — The noun is pronounced /rekɔ:(r)d, AM -kərd/. The verb is pronounced /rɪkɔ:(r)d/. ( recorded) Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RECORD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a CD/record/music collection ▪ Have you seen his CD collection? a criminal record (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — INDEX: 1. straight lines or objects 2. travelling or moving in a straight line 3. sitting or standing straight 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
RECORD — INDEX: 1. to keep information about something, so that it can be used or looked at later 2. information that …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHT — n. 25B6; adjective a long, straight road : UNSWERVING, undeviating, linear, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending. that picture …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RECORD — n. 25B6; noun written records of the past : ACCOUNT(S), document(s), documentation, data, file(s), dossier(s), evidence, report(s); annal(s), archive(s), chronicle(s); …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RECORD — v. 1 write (down), transcribe, document, register, note, make a notation (of), take down, put or set down, log, chronicle, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RECORD — 1. сущ. 1) а) запись; регистрация, письменная фиксация (каких-л. фактов) the coldest day on record ≈ самый холодный отмеченный день …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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