straighten sb out
informal— phrasal verb with straighten uk/ˈstreɪ.tən/us/ˈstreɪ.ən/verb
to improve someone's behaviour:
I thought that once he got a girlfriend that would straighten him out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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