straighten out

/ˌstreɪtn aʊt/

Other forms: straightened out; straightening out; straightens out

Definitions of straighten out

1. verb

   make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
   synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out

   type of:

   clarify, clear up, elucidate

   make clear and (more) comprehensible
2. verb

   put (things or places) in order
   synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, tidy, tidy up

   types:

   make, make up

   put in order or neaten

   clean, clean house, houseclean

   clean and tidy up the house

   G.I., GI

   clean in preparation for inspection

   spring-clean

   thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year

   type of:

   order

   bring order to or into
3. verb

   settle or put right
   synonyms: iron out, put right

   type of:

   ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate

   make better
4. verb

   make straight
   synonyms: straighten

   types:

   untwist

   cause to become untwisted

   unbend

   free from flexure

   extend

   open or straighten out; unbend

   channelise, channelize

   cause to form a channel

   untwine

   undo what has been twined together

   unweave

   undo strands that have been woven together

   comb

   straighten with a comb

   roach

   comb (hair) into a roach

   currycomb

   clean (a horse) with a currycomb

   hackle, hatchel, heckle

   comb with a heckle

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
5. verb

   extricate from entanglement
   synonyms: disentangle, unsnarl

   types:

   loosen, tease, tease apart

   disentangle and raise the fibers of

   ravel, ravel out, unravel

   disentangle

   type of:

   order

   bring order to or into
6. verb

   change for the better
   synonyms: reform, see the light

   reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate

   bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

   type of:

   ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate

   get better