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Straighten out

verb, slang

Verb

1
To make straight. transitive
"Straighten out your necktie and comb your hair."
2
change for the better wordnet
3
To correct or rectify. idiomatic, transitive
"I hope they can straighten out the problem with my bill soon."
4
settle or put right wordnet
5
To eliminate confusion from or concerning. idiomatic, transitive
"As soon as I straighten out which of the twins is which, I'll start calling them by their names."

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put (things or places) in order wordnet
7
To correct; to stop doing something wrong. idiomatic, intransitive
"It is not enough to stand aside and hope problems straighten out on their own."
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make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear wordnet
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To tidy, neaten, or organize. transitive
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make straight wordnet
11
To be made a made man in a Mafia organization. transitive
12
extricate from entanglement wordnet
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To (supposedly) make (a gay person) heterosexual. informal, transitive
"Rather superficial is the "medical" essay by Richard Green, who has previously been known as the psychologist who tortured boys with the "sissy syndrome." He's just completed a degree in law at Yale (presumably he's preparing for all the malpractice suits from parents who paid him to "straighten out" their boys, boys who have found the clone look very fashionable in the '80s)"

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