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make right

VERB

correct

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alter amend cure improve mend rectify redress regulate remediate remedy repair review revise straighten out upgrade

STRONG

ameliorate better change debug doctor edit emend help launder polish reclaim reconstruct reform remodel reorganize retouch right scrub

WEAK

clean up clean up act do over fiddle with fix up get with it go over make over make up for pay dues pick up put in order set right set straight shape up touch up turn around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage depress destroy harm hurt injure maintain remain ruin weaken worsen

WEAK

be permissive blow blunder coddle goof indulge mistake pamper pet spoil

VERB

square away

Synonyms

WEAK

make good rectify set straight straighten

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What’s the best move home buyers and homeowners can make right now — and what could be a costly mistake?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

The best move investors can make right now may be to just ‘sit tight,’ says Robinhood’s CIO Stephanie Guild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

But no one escapes the brutal moral accounting, not even Jackie, after she suffers a tragedy no amount of retail therapy will ever make right.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

For others, like Mantel's Cromwell, the more distant smell of mortality is apparently enough to trigger feelings of guilt, self-reflection, and a renewed desire to make right what is wrong.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Maybe it’ll be a stretch to find drama in Vivian’s portage—a happy, stable life does not an interesting story make, right?

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

make right

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