make right

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make right (third-person singular simple present makes right, present participle making right, simple past and past participle made right)

  1. (transitive) To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.
    We had some bad blood initially, but in the end it was all made right by talking things over.
    She wondered how she could ever make it right.
    • 2017, Carly Phillips, Going Down Hard:
      To make up for being a bad father to you, and to make things right by me, he accepted the offer I made on the company all those months ago.

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