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straighten up

to tidy; tidy up
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The lockers were all standing wide open with equipment and uniforms scattered all over the room, he had left a note under the bottle telling me to straighten up the room, then straighten myself up before coming to work the next day.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'straighten up':

straighten upTo become straight, or straighter
straighten upto steer straight
straighten upto sit up straight, to stop hunching.
straighten upto deal with; put in order
straighten upTo clarify
straighten upto start living a reformed life
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