straighten out
v 1: settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements"
[syn: iron out, put right]
2: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
[syn: disentangle, unsnarl] [ant: entangle, entangle]
3: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to
reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
[syn: reform, see the light]
4: make straight [syn: straighten]
5: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could
you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who
is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize,
crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, sort out, enlighten,
illuminate, elucidate]
6: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn:
tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, square
away]
WordNet (r) 2.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "straighten out":
accommodate, acculturate, adjust, admonish, advance, ameliorate,
amend, arrange, better, boost, bring forward, bring to book,
bring to terms, call to account, chastise, chide, civilize, close,
close with, compose, conclude, correct, disentangle, edify,
educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, extend,
fatten, favor, fix, flatten, forward, foster, go straight,
have words with, improve, improve upon, lard, lecture, lift,
make an improvement, make peace, make up, meliorate, mend, nurture,
objurgate, promote, put straight, raise, rate, rebuke, rectify,
refine upon, reform, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold,
set down, set straight, settle, settle with, sit up, smooth,
socialize, spank, stand up, straighten, straighten up, take down,
take to task, transfigure, transform, unbend, uncurl, unkink,
unsnarl, upbraid, upgrade, uplift, work out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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