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straighten out

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straighten out
Verb
to make (something) less complicated or confused
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Verb1.straighten out - settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
2.straighten outstraighten out - extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
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"
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
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"
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!"
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"

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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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