Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

straighten up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
straight-en up
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become straight, or straighter.

Intransitive verb

verb

To steer straight.

verb

To sit up straight, to stop hunching.

Intransitive verb

verb

To deal with; to put in order.

Transitive verb

verb

To tidy; to tidy up.

Transitive verb

verb

To clarify.

Transitive verb

verb

To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior.

Intransitive verb

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What does straighten up mean?
To become straight, or straighter.

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