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Meanings of straighten matters in English

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Usage of straighten matters in English
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Maybe I can help straighten matters out, if they're a bit wrong.
Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Tr...
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But I'll be there before: I'll straighten matters a bit for you.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
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Yes; he was given a week in which to straighten matters.
The Case and the Girl
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Was Milton able to straighten matters up with you, Mr.
The Enchanted Canyon
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But won't you let me try to straighten matters out?
Ranching for Sylvia
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It needed all Anazeh's authority to straighten matters out.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
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Brigades and regiments had become badly mixed and it took some time to straighten matters out.
Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
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What was needed to straighten matters out, I perceived, was a heart-to- heart talk with Angela.
Right Ho, Jeeves
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Their only hope is that the Minister, who returns to China very shortly, may straighten matters out for them.
The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 22...
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And if affairs go badly for a while, and you have done nothing very wrong-why ,ofcourse, Heaven will soon straighten matters satisfactorily.
The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)
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I paced back and forth across the room, only partially aware of what he was saying, endeavoring to straighten matters out in my own mind.
Love under Fire
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She brightened up when she saw me, evidently expecting that I had come to straighten matters out; but she pretended to be haughty and indifferent.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
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"Climb on board, and we'll try to straighten matters out."
Rod of the Lone Patrol
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I have straightened matters out so that he can support Reilly as he promised to do, Larry, in that interview he gave you.
Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millio...
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"I think every one understands that Governor Waymouth has straightened matters out for all of us," he replied.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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