set (someone/something) straight

to tell someone the true facts about a situation that they had not understood correctly.

If you think we won't be affected by what's happening in Asia, our chief economist would like to set you straight.

Related vocabulary: set the record straight

• make a fast buck
• make a federal case of
• make a federal case of something
• make a federal case out of
• make a federal case out of something
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• make a good fist of
• make a good fist of doing something
• make a good fist of something
• make a great play of
• make a great play of something
• make a hole in
• make a hole in something
• make a killing
• make allowances for
• make allowances for someone
• make allowances for something
• make all the difference
• make all the difference in the world
• make all the right noises
• make all the running
• make a long story short
• make a man of
• make a man of someone