straighten up

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大学

挺直, 改正, 清理, 澄清

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1.

To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior.

习语不及物
2.

To become straight, or straighter.

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2006, American Motoryclist - Jan 2006, Victory's Kingpin goes its own way bank the big cruiser into the first of a series of corners, make a few quick left, right, left transitions, then the road straightens up for a stretch...
3.

To steer straight.

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13 October 2010, Blackpool Gazette, 'Bad driving' led to biker death crash He said "As I came out of the bend I went to straighten up the car and it just seemed to be carrying on turning."
4.

To sit up straight, to stop hunching.

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5.

To deal with; to put in order.

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1994, Mccook Daily Gazette, Jul 12, 1994, Mail Delivery Trying To Get Up To Speed The Postal Service sent a special task force to straighten up the city's problems with a back-to-basics approach
6.

To tidy; to tidy up.

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7.

To clarify.

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