straighten out

straighten out

Verb

to make (something) less complicated or confused

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	straighten out - settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements" iron out, put right ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
	2.	straighten out - extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" unsnarl, disentangle order - bring order to or into; "Order these files" tease apart, loosen, tease - disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" ravel, ravel out, unravel - disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"
	3.	straighten out - change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" see the light, reform ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening" reform, regenerate, reclaim, rectify - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
	4.	straighten out - make straight straighten alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" untwist - cause to become untwisted unbend - free from flexure; "unbend a bow" extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" channelise, channelize - cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" untwine - undo what has been twined together; "untwine the strings" unweave - undo strands that have been woven together comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"
	5.	straighten out - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, sort out, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, enlighten, clear up, clear clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
	6.	straighten out - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten make up, make - put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" order - bring order to or into; "Order these files" clean house, houseclean, clean - clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week"