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put the world to rights
idiom
(alsoset the world to rights)
to have a conversation in which you talk about many different things, for example how to solve society's problems :
When we were students we used to stay up late putting the world to rights.
There are certain bars where artists and writers are always to be seen, talking animatedly as they set the world to rights.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Informal talking & conversation
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banter
bantering
banteringly
bants
bloviate
bull session
buzz
catch
chew the fatidiom
conversation
conversational
gambit
palaver
pass
persiflage
speech
take/lead someone on/to one sideidiom
talk some sense into sbidiom
tête-à-tête
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