straighten up
— phrasal verb with straighten uk/ˈstreɪ.tən/us/ˈstreɪ.ən/verb
(POSITION)
to stand straight after bending at the waist
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch (sth) up
- coarsen
- collapse
- creased
- crinkle
- crumple
- fold
- furl
- pucker
- pumice stone
- roll sth up
- roughen
- sand
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smooth
- steady
- straighten
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(BEHAVIOUR)
US to behave well after behaving badly:
You'd better straighten up or else!
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Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- rally
- shape
- straighten
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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