straighten up

Definitions

1. 1

   To become straight, or straighter.

   • 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...
2. 2

   To steer straight.

   • 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."
3. 3

   To sit up straight, to stop hunching.

   • Horse skin smells good. Lay your cheek against his neck and have a good cuddle. Now straighten up slowly again, and sit loosely.
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   1. 4

      To deal with

      To deal with; to put in order.

      • 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
   2. 5

      To tidy

      To tidy; to tidy up.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      To clarify.

   4. 7

      To start living a reformed life

      To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior.

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