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straighten out vb (adverb)
1. to make or become less complicated or confused the situation will straighten out 2. US and Canadian to reform or become reformed ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations ? straighten out vt sep (= make straight) legs etc → gerade machen; road → begradigen; wire → gerade biegen; rope → gerade ziehen; hair → glätten (= put right) problem, situation → klären; one’s ideas → ordnen; one’s affairs, the economy → in Ordnung bringen; misunderstanding → (auf)klären; person (by discipline) → auf die richtige Bahn bringen; to straighten oneself out → ins richtige Gleis kommen; the problem will soon straighten itself out → das Problem wird sich bald von selbst erledigen; to straighten things out → die Sache geradebiegen or in Ordnung bringen; (= clarify) → Klarheit in die Sache bringen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, "Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken? Then she went to Sio to straighten out things there. Now and then he got a job of surveying to do, and now and then a merchant got him to straighten out his books. |
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