- straighten you out
- tell you the facts or the truth, set you straight
Talk to the teacher. She'll straighten you out.
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straighten you out
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Straighten It Out — Infobox Single | Name = Straighten It Out Artist = Pete Rock CL Smooth from Album = Mecca and the Soul Brother Released = 1992 Format = LP single Recorded = 1992 Genre = Hip hop Length = 4:12 Label = Elektra Producer = Pete Rock Chart position =… … Wikipedia
straighten out — {v.} To correct a mistake; make you realize you are wrong. * /The teacher saw Jim s awkward sentence on the board and asked for volunteers to straighten it out./ * /Sometimes only a good spanking will straighten out a naughty child./ Syn.: SQUARE … Dictionary of American idioms
straighten out — {v.} To correct a mistake; make you realize you are wrong. * /The teacher saw Jim s awkward sentence on the board and asked for volunteers to straighten it out./ * /Sometimes only a good spanking will straighten out a naughty child./ Syn.: SQUARE … Dictionary of American idioms
straighten out — verb 1. settle or put right (Freq. 2) we need to iron out our disagreements • Syn: ↑iron out, ↑put right • Hypernyms: ↑better, ↑improve, ↑amend, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
straighten — [[t]stre͟ɪt(ə)n[/t]] straightens, straightening, straightened 1) VERB If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. [V n] She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. [V n] ...tidying,… … English dictionary
straighten — straight|en [ˈstreıtn] v 1.) [I and T] also straighten out to become straight, or to make something straight ▪ Can you straighten your leg? 2.) [i]also straighten up to make your back straight, or to stand up straight after bending down 3.) [T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
straighten — verb 1 also straighten out (I, T) to become straight or make something straight: Straighten your tie. | The road twisted and turned and then straightened out. 2 also straighten up (I) to make your back straight, or to stand up straight after… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
straighten\ out — v To correct a mistake; make you realize you are wrong. The teacher saw Jim s awkward sentence on the board and asked for volunteers to straighten it out. Sometimes only a good spanking will straighten out a naughty child. Syn.: square away(2) … Словарь американских идиом
straighten up — {v.} To put in order; make neat. * /Vic had to straighten up his room before he could go swimming./ * /Mrs. Johnson straightened up the house before company came./ Compare: PICK UP(6b), SQUARE AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
straighten up — {v.} To put in order; make neat. * /Vic had to straighten up his room before he could go swimming./ * /Mrs. Johnson straightened up the house before company came./ Compare: PICK UP(6b), SQUARE AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
