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Straighten   /strˈeɪtən/   Listen
Straighten

verb
(past & past part. straighted; pres. part. straighting)
1.
Straighten up or out; make straight.  Synonym: unbend.  Antonym: bend.
2.
Make straight.  Synonym: straighten out.
3.
Get up from a sitting or slouching position.
4.
Put (things or places) in order.  Synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up.
5.
Straighten by unrolling.  Synonym: roll out.
6.
Make straight or straighter.  "Straighten hair"



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"Straighten" Quotes from Famous Books



... had made her happy; that was all that was vital just now. At a later time, when she had stopped brooding over the thing and could see and discuss it intelligently, he would take her quietly and straighten the whole matter ...
— Queed • Henry Sydnor Harrison
... the circus," he explained. "There's a bad hitch in this business. Hope to straighten it out, but we'll have to get right at it. Come to Billy Blow's tent. I want to have a private talk ...
— Andy the Acrobat • Peter T. Harkness
... then as he caught Poole's eye he had to turn his back, looking out through the slit in the window and biting his tongue hard the while, while he heard the carpenter maunder on to the President something more about not having a bit of stuff, and every nail to straighten before he could drive ...
— Fitz the Filibuster • George Manville Fenn
... wanted you to say," interrupted Richling, trying hard to smile; "then you can let me straighten up the old set." ...
— Dr. Sevier • George W. Cable
... back at her. "I can't tell her now that Pick is not what I'm stewing over," he said to himself, "and I can't tell her any time, either, for Charlotte has heard something that makes her think Polly is bothered by her being here. I must just fuss at it myself till I straighten it out." ...
— Five Little Peppers Grown Up • Margaret Sidney


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