Straighten
verb
To make or become straight.
She straightened her dress before entering the room.
Often appears as...
- straighten your back
- straighten the road
verb
To put in order or into a correct, neat arrangement.
I straightened my hair with a straightening iron.
Often appears as...
- straighten your hair
- straighten the room
verb
To correct or rectify a situation or problem.
He promised to straighten out the financial issues.
Often appears as...
- straighten out a problem
- straighten out confusion
verb
To make or become straight.
She straightened her dress before entering the room.
Often appears as...
- straighten your back
- straighten the road
verb
To put in order or into a correct, neat arrangement.
I straightened my hair with a straightening iron.
Often appears as...
- straighten your hair
- straighten the room
verb
To correct or rectify a situation or problem.
He promised to straighten out the financial issues.
Often appears as...
- straighten out a problem
- straighten out confusion
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Actions
Used when describing actions that involve physically straightening an object or part of the body.
Can you straighten those chairs for the meeting?
Pro Tip 2/3Minor Adjustments
Often refers to small movements or tweaks to perfection, like straightening a tie or glasses.
He straightened his tie before the interview.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Direction
Can mean to make an actual line or path direct and uninterrupted, with no curves or bends.
The workers straightened the winding path through the park.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Actions
Used when describing actions that involve physically straightening an object or part of the body.
Can you straighten those chairs for the meeting?
Pro Tip 2/3Minor Adjustments
Often refers to small movements or tweaks to perfection, like straightening a tie or glasses.
He straightened his tie before the interview.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Direction
Can mean to make an actual line or path direct and uninterrupted, with no curves or bends.
The workers straightened the winding path through the park.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Actions
Used when describing actions that involve physically straightening an object or part of the body.
Can you straighten those chairs for the meeting?
Pro Tip 2/3Minor Adjustments
Often refers to small movements or tweaks to perfection, like straightening a tie or glasses.
He straightened his tie before the interview.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Direction
Can mean to make an actual line or path direct and uninterrupted, with no curves or bends.
The workers straightened the winding path through the park.
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Anna Deavere Smith: Four...
so I didn't want them to put me under anesthesia, or whatever you call it. And so they sewed my face up. And then they had to straighten out my nose, and they took these rods and shoved them up my nose and went up through my brains and felt like it was coming out the top of my head, and everybody said that it should have killed me,
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What causes constipation?...
you can elevate your feet on a stool and lean forwards with a straight back, which straightens the anorectal angle and eases the passage of waste. Going a day without a bowel movement isn’t necessarily cause for alarm. But if you are experiencing chronic constipation, simple dietary and lifestyle changes, like fibrous vegetables,
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America Ferrera: My...
And so I did, I worked my hardest to overcome all the things that people said were wrong with me. I stayed out of the sun so that my skin wouldn't get too brown, I straightened my curls into submission. I constantly tried to lose weight, I bought fancier and more expensive clothes. All so that when people looked at me,
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Dave Isay: Everyone...
working to shine a light on people who are rarely heard from in the media. Over and over again, I'd see how this simple act of being interviewed could mean so much to people, particularly those who had been told that their stories didn't matter. I could literally see people's back straighten
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To overcome challenges,...
Well, my team went all out and we won, we won big, and for the next three days I could not straighten my arms, which isn't that big a deal except when you're in a wheelchair and that's really what you have to use to get around. And that proved to be a very important lesson for me.
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Your identity is your...
My name is America. I trained my whole life for this. I'll just follow the playbook. I'll work harder." I stayed out of the sun so that my skin wouldn't get too brown. I straightened my curls into submission. I constantly tried to lose weight.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How...
once you get the macro-economy straightened out, the opportunities in various other sectors are enormous. We have opportunities in agriculture, like I said. We have opportunities in solid minerals. We have a lot of minerals
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What makes a hero? -...
Return After all that adventure, the hero returns to his ordinary world. New Life This quest has changed the hero; he has outgrown his old life. Resolution All the tangled plot lines get straightened out.
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Wild Beavers Return...
ecosystem which is pretty important isn't it it is totally rescuing the landscape you know in victorian times pretty much across the country headwaters like this were straightened
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Drink of Death PIPE Snake...
for God well then people were crazy high praise them up I realize more God woman does alright okay there in straightening iron jaw out here tightly out then you
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Anna Deavere Smith: Four...
so I didn't want them to put me under anesthesia, or whatever you call it. And so they sewed my face up. And then they had to straighten out my nose, and they took these rods and shoved them up my nose and went up through my brains and felt like it was coming out the top of my head, and everybody said that it should have killed me,
Video examples
What causes constipation?...
you can elevate your feet on a stool and lean forwards with a straight back, which straightens the anorectal angle and eases the passage of waste. Going a day without a bowel movement isn’t necessarily cause for alarm. But if you are experiencing chronic constipation, simple dietary and lifestyle changes, like fibrous vegetables,
Video examples
America Ferrera: My...
And so I did, I worked my hardest to overcome all the things that people said were wrong with me. I stayed out of the sun so that my skin wouldn't get too brown, I straightened my curls into submission. I constantly tried to lose weight, I bought fancier and more expensive clothes. All so that when people looked at me,
Video examples
Dave Isay: Everyone...
working to shine a light on people who are rarely heard from in the media. Over and over again, I'd see how this simple act of being interviewed could mean so much to people, particularly those who had been told that their stories didn't matter. I could literally see people's back straighten
Video examples
To overcome challenges,...
Well, my team went all out and we won, we won big, and for the next three days I could not straighten my arms, which isn't that big a deal except when you're in a wheelchair and that's really what you have to use to get around. And that proved to be a very important lesson for me.
Video examples
Your identity is your...
My name is America. I trained my whole life for this. I'll just follow the playbook. I'll work harder." I stayed out of the sun so that my skin wouldn't get too brown. I straightened my curls into submission. I constantly tried to lose weight.
Video examples
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How...
once you get the macro-economy straightened out, the opportunities in various other sectors are enormous. We have opportunities in agriculture, like I said. We have opportunities in solid minerals. We have a lot of minerals
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
Return After all that adventure, the hero returns to his ordinary world. New Life This quest has changed the hero; he has outgrown his old life. Resolution All the tangled plot lines get straightened out.
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
ecosystem which is pretty important isn't it it is totally rescuing the landscape you know in victorian times pretty much across the country headwaters like this were straightened
Video examples
Drink of Death PIPE Snake...
for God well then people were crazy high praise them up I realize more God woman does alright okay there in straightening iron jaw out here tightly out then you
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?
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John Lewis
American Politician
MLK, Jr. taught me how to say no to segregation, and I can hear him saying now... when you straighten up your back, no man can ride you. He said stand up straight and say no to racial discrimination.
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Ted Cassidy
American Actor
Getting Lurch's character straightened out was fun because I was brand new to professional film acting. I had only been in radio up till then as an announcer or a program director.
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Bill Lee
Athlete
I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world.
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Laetitia Casta
French Model
I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
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Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
We have to look good... our hair does get damaged due to straightening... tonging. We have to do something that helps our hair look good and healthy.
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Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.
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Brian Lara
Trinidadian Cricketer
I had some bad influences in my time and, if my parents weren't there to straighten me out, things might have gone haywire.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.
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Keith Whitley
American Singer
Lorrie came along, which is the best thing that ever happened to me. Because of her, I straightened up my life.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?
Quote examples
John Lewis
American Politician
MLK, Jr. taught me how to say no to segregation, and I can hear him saying now... when you straighten up your back, no man can ride you. He said stand up straight and say no to racial discrimination.
Quote examples
Ted Cassidy
American Actor
Getting Lurch's character straightened out was fun because I was brand new to professional film acting. I had only been in radio up till then as an announcer or a program director.
Quote examples
Bill Lee
Athlete
I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world.
Quote examples
Laetitia Casta
French Model
I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
Quote examples
Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
We have to look good... our hair does get damaged due to straightening... tonging. We have to do something that helps our hair look good and healthy.
Quote examples
Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.
Quote examples
Brian Lara
Trinidadian Cricketer
I had some bad influences in my time and, if my parents weren't there to straighten me out, things might have gone haywire.
Quote examples
Billy Graham
American Clergyman
If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.
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Keith Whitley
American Singer
Lorrie came along, which is the best thing that ever happened to me. Because of her, I straightened up my life.
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