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straighten out

To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
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As soon as I straighten out which of the twins is which, I'll start calling them by their names.

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Submitted on August 28, 2012

Additional definitions for 'straighten out':

straighten outTo make straight.
straighten outTo correct or rectify.
straighten outTo correct; to stop doing something wrong.
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