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Context?
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:32 am To put you right. |
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Good morning EH.
"There are those too who'll put you right: "You'll never get rid of chives that way."
It is pointing out that whatever you are doing is being done in the wrong manner, and that someone else, who has done this before, will show you the correct way to do it.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 23, 2009 20:29 pm To put you right. |
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Up there!
Thanks. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jun 23, 2009 20:31 pm To put you right. |
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| Hey Bill! I got it. Thanks! |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jun 23, 2009 20:33 pm To put you right. |
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Hi EH,
'Put you right' suggests 'give you some good advice' 'tell you the correct/best way to do something'.
If you hear someone giving incorrect information about a subject you know well, you can possibly start saying: Let me put you right on that. What you want to do is this ...
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jun 23, 2009 20:36 pm To put you right. |
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| Hey Alan, good evening! thanks for your helpful examples! |
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