Meaning of straighten up | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“2006, American Motoryclist - Jan 2006, Victory's Kingpin goes its own⟳ way bank the big cruiser into the first of a series of corners, make⟳ a few quick left, right, left transitions, then the road straightens up for a stretch⟳...”

“13 October 2010, Blackpool Gazette, 'Bad driving' led to biker death crash⟳ He said "As I came out of the bend⟳ I went to straighten up the car and it just seemed to be carrying on turning."”

“Horse skin smells good. Lay⟳ your cheek against his neck and have⟳ a good cuddle. Now straighten up slowly again, and sit⟳ loosely.”

“1994, Mccook Daily Gazette, Jul 12, 1994, Mail Delivery Trying To Get⟳ Up To Speed⟳ The Postal Service sent a special task force⟳ to straighten up the city's problems with a back-to-basics approach⟳”

“The lockers were all standing wide open⟳ with equipment and uniforms scattered all over the room, he had left a note⟳ under the bottle telling me to straighten up the room, then straighten myself up before coming to work⟳ the next day.”

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