VERB
- make straight
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make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Clear up the question of who is at fault
Could you clarify these remarks? -
extricate from entanglement
Can you disentangle the cord? -
settle or put right
we need to iron out our disagreements -
put (things or places) in order
Tidy up your room! -
change for the better
The lazy student promised to reform
the habitual cheater finally saw the light
How To Use straighten out In A Sentence
- He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things.
- Sadly, there's also the rest of the body to straighten out. Times, Sunday Times
- Sometimes only a good spanking will straighten out a naughty boy.
- The sled was upside down and jammed between a tree-trunk and a huge rock, and they were forced to unharness the dogs in order to straighten out the tangle. The Hunger Cry
- I need time to straighten out my finances.
- Then you have to stand there trying to straighten out the wrinkled piece of money.
- They decided to sit down and straighten out their differences.
- Let's try to straighten out this confusion.
- Of course, to rectify the economic order, we must straighten out the price system.
- In an attempt to recover some notion of dignity and self-respect, he encourages his wife to straighten out her life.
