Meanings of straighten the line in English

All we had to do was to straighten the line.

The effect, besides giving every prospect of a distant engagement, was to straighten the line to nearly mathematical precision.

A runner clipped to each piece will straighten the line the rope takes and absorb much of the rope's whipping action.

Once across, they stopped for a moment in the trampled corn to straighten the line, and then charged toward the right of the barns.

On June 21 it was determined to straighten the line upon the extreme right, and at 1.30 A.M. the preliminary bombardment began.

During the afternoon our counter-attack made further progress south of Pilkem, thus straightening the line still more.

Not straightening the line out, just the ski was a little … not quite carving in some places like it should have.

A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.

The men came out of the demobilization-shacks with alacrity and formed within a minute; without command, they "dressed" to the right and straightened the line.