same as straighten
to deal with a problem or a confused situation
to help someone with problems improve their unsuitable behaviour
A team of accountants was brought in to straighten out the firm’s finances.
He had still not had time to straighten out his own thoughts.
He spent years trying to straighten out his drug-addict brother.
If we carry on our metaphor, we are trying to straighten out the indented rubber sheet.
No medication to ease that wired-up mind, straighten out the cerebral kinks.
She kept the left rudder pushed in, despite her desire to straighten out.
She tried to straighten her leg out, crying in pain.
straightens out
straightening out
straightened out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
Time to ________ and relax.
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