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See: PUT TO RIGHTS or SET TO RIGHTS.

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put to rights

[put to rights] or [set to rights] {v. phr.}, {informal} To put in good order; clean up. * /It took the company a long time to put the office to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

right

[right] See: [ALL RIGHT], [ALL RIGHT FOR YOU], [DEAD TO RIGHTS], [GIVE ONE'S RIGHT ARM], [HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE], [IN THE RIGHT], [PLAY ONE'S CARDS RIGHT], [PUT TO RIGHTS] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[read one one's rights] {v. phr.} To give to an arrested person the legally required statement regarding the rights of such a person. * /"Read him his rights," Sergeant," the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[give someone his rights] or [read someone his rights] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. The act of advising arrested criminals that they have the right to remain silent and that everything […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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