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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become straight in direction, form, position, character, conduct, condition, etc. (often fol. by
up
or
out
).
Origin:
1535–45;
straight
+
-en
1
Related forms:
straight⋅en⋅er,
noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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straighten up
Make tidy, as in
Let's get this room straightened up
.
[Second half of 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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