put the record straight

put/set the record straight

to tell the true facts about a situation in order to show people that what they believed previously was not correct She is writing her memoirs to set the record straight once and for all.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mnemosyne	ni-MAWS-ə-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
Viktor	VIK-tawr (German), VEEK-tahr (Russian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukraini
Morvarid	-	Persian
Pepito	pe-PEE-to	Spanish
Dell	DEL	English
Maikel	-	Dutch