set the world to rights

• put the world to rights

From set to rights.

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set the world to rights (third-person singular simple present sets the world to rights, present participle setting the world to rights, simple past and past participle set the world to rights)

1. (chiefly UK) To talk about improving the world.

• “set put the world to rights” (US) / “set put the world to rights” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “set put the world to rights” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.