phrasal verb · informal
put someone right
/pʊt ˈsʌmwʌn raɪt/put·some·one·RIGHT
speakingtask2
to correct someone by giving the correct information
Examples
“The tutor put me right on the pronunciation I’d been practising.”
“When I used the wrong date, my colleague kindly put me right.”
“Parents often have to put their children right about historical facts.”
Band 8 sentence
“During the seminar the lecturer gently put the students right about several misleading statistics they'd seen online.”
Collocations
- put someone right about
- put someone right on the facts
Word family
put (sb) right (about sth) phrasal verb
Common mistakes
put him righted→put him right
correct him→put him right
Say it for a higher band
5correct→6tell someone they're wrong→7+put someone right
Synonyms
correct
set someone straight
Easily confused
set someone straight
“She set him straight about the arrangements.”
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