English Explanatory Dictionary

straighten up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become straight, or straighter.
  2. To steer straight.
  3. To sit up straight, to stop hunching.
  4. To deal with; to put in order.
  5. To tidy; to tidy up.
  6. To clarify.
  7. To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior.

Word forms

straighten up straightens up straightening up straightened up

Derived words

straighten up and fly right
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