set the world to rights

English

Alternative forms

• put the world to rights

Etymology

From set to rights.

Verb

set the world to rights (third-person singular simple present sets the world to rights, present participle setting the world to rights, simple past and past participle set the world to rights)

1. (chiefly UK) To talk about improving the world.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: jutella maailmanmenosta, rupatella maailmanmenosta
• French: refaire le monde (fr)
• Polish: naprawiać świat impf, naprawić świat pf

Further reading

• “set put the world to rights” (US) / “set put the world to rights” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “set put the world to rights” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.