| straighten out | | |
| v. (change) | 1. iron out, put right, straighten out | settle or put right.; "we need to iron out our disagreements" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (contact) | 2. disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl | extricate from entanglement.; "Can you disentangle the cord?" |
| ~ order | bring order to or into.; "Order these files" |
| ~ tease apart, loosen, tease | disentangle and raise the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ ravel, ravel out, unravel | disentangle.; "can you unravel the mystery?" |
| v. (change) | 3. reform, see the light, straighten out | change for the better.; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| ~ reform, reclaim, rectify, regenerate | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one.; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" |
| v. (contact) | 4. straighten, straighten out | make straight. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ untwist | cause to become untwisted. |
| ~ unbend | free from flexure.; "unbend a bow" |
| ~ extend | open or straighten out; unbend.; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" |
| ~ channelise, channelize | cause to form a channel.; "channelize a stream" |
| ~ untwine | undo what has been twined together.; "untwine the strings" |
| ~ unweave | undo strands that have been woven together. |
| ~ comb | straighten with a comb.; "comb your hair" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" |
| ~ clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible.; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" |
| v. (change) | 6. clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up | put (things or places) in order.; "Tidy up your room!" |
| ~ make up, make | put in order or neaten.; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| ~ order | bring order to or into.; "Order these files" |
| ~ clean house, houseclean, clean | clean and tidy up the house.; "She housecleans every week" |
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