From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishset/put the world to rightsset/put the world to rightsDISCUSSto discuss or say how the world should be changed to make people’s lives better We were having a few beers and generally putting the world to rights. → world
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set/put the world to rights• That straightness of Time, that confining straightness, was one with the Western picture of setting the world to rights.• More recently Lou has cleaned up his act and started setting the world to rights.• He wanted to put the world to rights. 