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STRAIGHTEN OUT

Definition:

1. [verb] settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements"
   Synonyms: iron out, put right
   
   
2. [verb] extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
   Synonyms: disentangle, unsnarl
   
   
3. [verb] change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
   Synonyms: reform, see the light
   
   
4. [verb] make straight
   Synonyms: straighten
   
   
5. [verb] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
   Synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
   
   
6. [verb] put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
   Synonyms: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, square away
   
   

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Related Words:

• tease, tease apart, loosen
• ravel, unravel, ravel out
• untwist
• unbend
• extend
• channelize, channelise
• untwine
• unweave
• comb
• make, make up
• houseclean, clean house, clean

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