straighten (up)

verb

Definition of straighten (up)next
as in to tidy (up)

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  1. make up
  2. draw up
  3. lay out
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  • The upcoming Doha Film Festival has unveiled its 15-title competition lineup made up mostly of Middle East premieres of movies from the region, seven of which directed by women.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Both hair and laundry care businesses make up 40% of the company's Consumer Brands sales.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of make up
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  • Without that rule, threatened species no longer get automatic protections and instead rely on agencies drawing up species-specific rules for each one, a process that can take years.
    — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Canadian Space Agency and MDA has also drawn up plans for a new Canadarm3, that was to be used for NASA's Gateway lunar space station, though that station project is stalled for now, NASA has said.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of draw up
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  • The parties involved in the litigation—as well as Red Lobster itself, which is not being sued—declined to comment for this article, but their court filings lay out the sad saga in dramatic detail.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Unedited excerpts from the surveys, in which candidates lay out detailed goals and policy analysis, can be found at the links below.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Straighten (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straighten%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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