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Meanings of
straighten
in English
Portuguese
arrumar
Catalan
redreçar
Spanish
levantar
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Put (things or places) in order.
tidy
neaten
tidy up
clean up
straighten out
square away
Portuguese
arrumar
Catalan
posar dret
Back to the meaning
Straighten up or out; make straight.
unbend
bend
Catalan
posar dret
Synonyms
Examples for "
tidy
"
tidy
neaten
tidy up
clean up
straighten out
Examples for "
tidy
"
1
The inside of the house is quite
tidy
and needs no work.
2
Of particular value to local heritage groups and and
tidy
town committees.
3
At least Britain could fight a
tidy
war to an emphatic conclusion.
4
It was not, and was never likely to be, a
tidy
result.
5
The caretaker went in to check the police had left things
tidy
.
1
Work around the edge with a table knife, to
neaten
.
2
Not all of us can or want to
neaten
up the rough edges of our lives.
3
She automatically pats her hair to
neaten
it.
4
Carefully trim the overhanging pastry to
neaten
.
5
Trim the fish fillets to
neaten
the edges, then remove any pin bones with a pair of kitchen tweezers.
1
We appeal to the powers that be to
tidy
up
the walk.
2
Maggie left her sitting there, and began to
tidy
up
the house.
3
When I go home at night I get supper and
tidy
up
!
4
MAIDS look at the mad symmetrical debris, and begin to
tidy
up
.
5
The room looked as if it had been given a good
tidy
up
.
1
He needs to:
clean
up
politics; protect the economy; and extend opportunity.
2
Experts say measures adopted since 2010 have helped
clean
up
supply chains.
3
Mr Tupou said those funds wouldn't be used for the
clean
up
.
4
This matter was a problem enough without further complications to
clean
up
.
5
Local authorities must now
clean
up
after this night of so-called fun.
1
But I want to
straighten
out
Sarah Cartwright as soon as possible.
2
I have an idea that I shall
straighten
out
this tangle yet.
3
Now it's gotten to the point where even she couldn't
straighten
out
.
4
And those are the furrows I have been trying to
straighten
out
.
5
And bit by bit the fiction let him
straighten
out
his life.
1
She snatched the paper
square
away
before he could touch her mouth.
2
I think it would be better to
square
away
for Mangareva.
3
Just a
square
away
from Stewart's Business Palace stands Cooper Union.
4
It's just territory stuff they need to
square
away
before we can get to business.
5
Let the ship fall-of, and
square
away
the yards!
Spanish
enderezar
Back to the meaning
Straighten by unrolling.
roll out
Spanish
enderezar
Usage of
straighten
in English
1
But I want to
straighten
out Sarah Cartwright as soon as possible.
2
Miranda with a few minutes of privacy: Find clothes,
straighten
the bedspread.
3
Are thousands of them hunched at the wheel unable to
straighten
up?
4
He had seen that Allday was unable to
straighten
his back properly.
5
I recover from the back-slapping and
straighten
up: It's going well, Harry.
6
And it is not simply teenagers seeking to
straighten
their pearly whites.
7
I have an idea that I shall
straighten
out this tangle yet.
8
In summer, I
straighten
from working the veg garden to take notice.
9
Now it's gotten to the point where even she couldn't
straighten
out.
10
And those are the furrows I have been trying to
straighten
out.
11
This time he rolled five feet before stopping to
straighten
himself out.
12
Now
straighten
your legs and let your rifle go to the ground.
13
Fizban tried, without much success, to
straighten
his bent and shapeless hat.
14
And bit by bit the fiction let him
straighten
out his life.
15
After a couple of years I had to
straighten
it out again.
16
As usual, she helped Minnie clear away the dishes and
straighten
up.
Other examples for "straighten"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
straighten
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
straighten out
straighten things
straighten matters
straighten again
straighten the line
More collocations
Translations for
straighten
Portuguese
arrumar
organizar
endereçar
Catalan
redreçar
alçar
arranjar
netejar
arreglar
adreçar
endreçar
aixecar
dreçar
agençar
posar dret
redreçar-se
Spanish
levantar
erguir
limpiar
arreglar
enderezar
desenrollar
estirar
Straighten
through the time
Straighten
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common