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Meanings of straighten up in English

Spanish
pararse

Straighten oneself.

        pararse
        Usage of straighten up in English
        1
        Are thousands of them hunched at the wheel unable to straighten up?
        The Irish Times
        2
        I recover from the back-slapping and straighten up: It's going well, Harry.
        The Fuller Memorandum
        3
        As usual, she helped Minnie clear away the dishes and straighten up.
        Sister Carrie: A Novel
        4
        She took him by the arm, and implored him to straighten up.
        The Goose Man
        5
        He would waken entirely at times and straighten up with a jerk.
        The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
        6
        I grit my teeth and straighten up, fighting a wave of sickness.
        The Lady of the Rivers
        7
        Some slight noise caused Westcott to straighten up, and turn partially around.
        The Strange Case of Cavendish
        8
        I thought I told yuh to straighten up and quit that sulkin'.
        Cow-Country
        9
        She had to put her hands on her knees to straighten up.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        10
        But if you want to help, you might straighten up this table.
        Molly Brown's Orchard Home
        11
        He looked at her, tried to straighten up, and fell back again.
        Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
        12
        All of a sudden I saw him straighten up an' get rigid.
        Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
        13
        Still bending, unable to straighten up in time, he was simply swept along.
        Melnitz
        14
        He went back to sweep up the glass, and straighten up the place.
        The new yorker
        15
        She reached out with small and perfect hands to straighten up the table.
        Thief of lives
        16
        No doubt it would straighten up once the block came to a halt.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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