make right

verb

To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.

“She wondered how she could ever make it right.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person makes right · participle present making right · participle past made right · past made right

  1. transitiveTo right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.

    She wondered how she could ever make it right.

    2 more examples

    We had some bad blood initially, but in the end it was all made right by talking things over.

    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.

    2017, Carly Phillips, Going Down Hard

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 彌補 /弥补
  • 彌補 /弥补 (míbǔ)rectify
Dutch rectificeren, herstellen
  • rectificerenrectify
  • herstellenrectify
Finnish hoitaa, selvittää
  • hoitaarectify
  • selvittäärectify
  • oikaistarectify
German in Ordnung bringen
  • in Ordnung bringenrectify
Romanian îndrepta
  • îndreptarectify
Cite this entry
APA

make right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20right

MLA

“make right.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20right. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make right,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20right.

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