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Set the Record Straight

What it means

Correct an account that has gone around wrong, usually about yourself.

Where it comes from

Record comes from a Latin verb meaning to call to mind, built on the word for heart. It first meant learning something by heart, and only later the written version nobody has to remember.

The puzzle it came from

Set the Record Straight was the answer to the Phrasicle of November 11, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Set the Record Straight

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