Straighten-out Definition

verb

To make straight.

Straighten out your necktie and comb your hair.
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(idiomatic) To correct or rectify.

I hope they can straighten out the problem with my bill soon.
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(idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.

As soon as I straighten out which of the twins is which, I'll start calling them by their names.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.

It is not enough to stand aside and hope problems straighten out on their own.
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Straighten-out Sentence Examples

  • As President it was my duty to straighten out the financial situation.

  • Aside from drama, it was going to take half an eternity to straighten out the underworld without the distraction of a woman in his life.

  • He said he needs some time to straighten out his head.

  • It is the spinner's business to straighten out these fibres, with the aid of machinery, and then to so join them that they become a thread, which is known as spun silk.

  • The outermost layer of the cell-wall of the ripe spore splits along spiral lines, giving rise to the elaters; these two long strips of wall, attached by their middle points to the spore, tend to straighten out in dry, and close round the spore in damp air.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTR

Words Ending With

TUTOUT

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With S14 Letter Words Ending With T