Correct
Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
Gag
Gag verb - To discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
Common collocations
| statement | correct statement | gag statement |
Both words in one sentence
- Arthur's complaining about correct wearing of baseball caps is more of a background gag here.
Source: Webcomic / Sheldon - Add to that the fact, that many of these parents didn't know the correct pronounciation of such names, which made "Shackelleenne" a very wide spread running gag.
Source: Aerith And Bob / Real Life - A running gag in Love's Labour's Lost is that a couple of blowhard characters are full of this, and love to correct each other for using grammar incorrectly and such.
Source: Altum Videtur
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Gag and Correct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/gag
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Gag or Correct. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/gag.
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