straighten out

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive)To makestraight.Synonym:straightenCoordinate term:comb outStraighten outyour necktie and comb your hair.1900May 17,L[yman] Frank Baum,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.:Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co.,→OCLC:"Then bring them to me," she said. And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, "Can youstraighten outthose dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?"2025April 2, “Saluting Scotland's magnificent Inter 7?”, inRAIL, number1032, page55:In recent times, the track has beenstraightened outand a new, somewhat characterless, station has been built just to the east.; (transitive,idiomatic)Tocorrectorrectify.Synonym:sort outI hope they canstraighten outthe problem with my bill soon.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toeliminateconfusionfrom or concerning.Synonyms:figure out,sort out,work outAs soon as Istraighten outwhich of the twins is which, I'll start calling them by their names.1960,P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, inJeeves in the Offing, London:Herbert Jenkins,→OCLC:“What have they done to stir him up?” “It's this book Daddy wrote about preparatory schools. He wrote a book about preparatory schools. Did you know he had written a book about preparatory schools?” “Hadn't an inkling. Nobody tells me anything.” “Well, he wrote this book about preparatory schools. It was about preparatory schools.” “About preparatory schools, was it?” “Yes, about preparatory schools.” “Thank God we've got thatstraightened outat last. I had a feeling we should get somewhere if we dug long enough. And – ?”; (intransitive,idiomatic)Tocorrect; to stop doing something wrong.Synonym:work outIt is not enough to stand aside and hope problemsstraighten outon their own.; (transitive)Totidy,neaten,ororganize.Synonyms:sort out,tidy up; (transitive,Mafia slang)To be made amade manin aMafiaorganization.; (transitive,informal)To (supposedly) make (a gay person)heterosexual.1987December 27, Charley Shively, “AIDS In The Mind Of The Left And The Mainstream”, inGay Community News, volume15, number24, page10:Rather superficial is the "medical" essay by Richard Green, who has previously been known as the psychologist who tortured boys with the "sissy syndrome." He's just completed a degree in law at Yale (presumably he's preparing for all the malpractice suits from parents who paid him to "straighten out" their boys, boys who have found the clone look very fashionable in the '80s)1993October 16, sl...@cc.usu.edu, “GLB-TV list, 10/16/93”, insoc.motss‎[1](Usenet):This is "straightened out" version of Lilian Hellman's lesbian-oriented melodramatic/tragic play. In Hellman's play, a student falsely accuses two teachers of being a lesbian couple, which sends the local town into a rage. In this movie version, the kid accuses the women of a different "vice", because the producers didn't think the movie-going public was ready for a film about lesbianism.1999September 14, P. J. Remner, “It's Only Natural”, insoc.motss‎[2](Usenet):Most biological mistakes can be treated with modern plastic surgery and prostheses. I've never heard of a gay person "successfully" "straightened out". You can't erase instinct!

Examples:

EN: I'm, uh... I'm starting again just as soon as I can straighten out some matters in Omaha.
ES: Y voy a volver a hacerlo en cuanto resuelva unos asuntos en Omaha.
EN: Come on, straighten out, will you?
ES: - Enderézate, ¿quieres?
EN: I'm trying to straighten out the accounts.
ES: Quiero revisar las cuentas.
EN: Well, I must go down and straighten out my cabin.
ES: Debo bajar a ordenar mi camarote.
EN: I meant to tell you that night in Buenos Aires... that I was going home to straighten out some family affairs.
ES: Iba a decirte esa noche en Buenos Aires... que iba a casa a arreglar unos asuntos familiares.
EN: I got so many things to straighten out. Do you mind if I call you at your hotel tomorrow?
ES: - ¿te llamo mañana al hotel?
EN: But that don't matter. Soon as I straighten out that old lady of yours, I'll take care of those smart double-crossers-
ES: En cuanto hable con tu madre, me ocuparé de esos traidores.
EN: Get your buckets of lead off the scales while I straighten out these croppers.
ES: Saca tus cubos de plomo de la balanza mientras yo enderezo a estos tipos.
EN: You can't take a man who has been in the death house for five months... waiting, waiting, and straighten out his mind just like that.
ES: No pueden coger a un hombre que ha estado cerca la muerte 5 meses... esperando, esperando y cambiarle la mente así.
EN: With that kind of school, you could be financed, comfortably... by parents who will pay you to straighten out their boys.
ES: Con ese tipo de colegio, podría estar financiado cómodamente... por padres que le pagarían por enderezar a sus muchachos.
EN: We can straighten out everything.
ES: Podemos arreglar todo.
EN: I've got to get back to New York and straighten out this mess.
ES: Debo regresar a Nueva York y arreglar este lío.
EN: If Cyrus loves me, he'll come to his senses and straighten out.
ES: Si Cyrus me ama, entrará en razón y se enderezará.
EN: I had to straighten out a situation in Paris.
ES: Tenía que arreglar algo en París.
EN: You subpoenaed me, but after all, I'm just here to try to straighten out...
ES: Usted me citó, y vine a aclarar las cosas...

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