1. A meaning of "patch up" and "set to rights" isn't seen before 1829 but doctoring wine shows up in 1820.

2. It will be some time before the wrongs suffered over many years are set to rights.

3. Wood was piled up for a supply of fuel through the night, shanties were being rigged up for the officers, pots were being boiled, and arms and accoutrements set to rights.

4. Our black people have often been treated as second-class citizens; this is a state of affairs that must be clearly set to rights.

5. All this in spite of the fact that you don' t want to be brushed off and set to rights .