STRAIGHTEN UP

Meaning of STRAIGHTEN UP in English

v. To put in order; make neat. Vic had to straighten up his room before he could go swimming. Mrs. Johnson straightened up the house before company came.

Compare: PICK UP(6b), SQUARE AWAY.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

STRAIGHTEN UP — stand up straight, correct one's posture
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAIGHTEN UP — (of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft) stop turning and move in a straight line. → straighten
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRAIGHTEN UP — straighten up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ straighten ) 1 . to make your back straight, or to stand …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIGHTEN UP — see straighten 2
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHTEN UP — see straighten 2
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STRAIGHTEN UP — {v.} To put in order; make neat. * /Vic had to straighten up his room before he could go swimming./ …
Slang English vocab
STRAIGHTEN UP — See ↑ BEHAVE 4, ↑ STAND 3
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHTEN UP — {v.} To put in order; make neat. * /Vic had to straighten up his room before he could go swimming./ …
Словарь английских идиом
STRAIGHTEN UP — put in order, clean up He had to straighten up the house before inviting his parents over for dinner.
English Idioms vocab
STRAIGHTEN UP — Наладить
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN UP — Наладить
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN UP — Выпрямлять
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN UP — Выпрямить
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN UP — Выправлять
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN UP — Выправить
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN UP — phrvi infml You must straighten up or else! — Веди себя прилично, а не то смотри! He determined to straighten up and …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
STRAIGHTEN UP — phrvi infml You must straighten up or else! — Веди себя прилично, а не то смотри! He determined to straighten …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
STRAIGHTEN UP — straighten up phrvi infml You must straighten up or else! Веди себя прилично, а не то смотри! He determined to …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
STRAIGHTEN UP — You must straighten up or else! — Веди себя прилично, а не то смотри! He determined to straighten up and …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
STRAIGHTEN — rectificar
English interlingue dictionary
STRAIGHTEN — tarong
English-Visayan vocabulary
STRAIGHTEN — verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1542 transitive verb to make straight, intransitive verb to become straight, ~er noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIGHTEN — ˈstrāt ə n verb ( straightened ; straightened ; straightening -t( ə )niŋ ; straightens ) Etymology: straight (II) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIGHTEN — (v. t.) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
Английский словарь Webster
STRAIGHTEN — ( v. t. ) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
STRAIGHTEN — vt a variant of straiten. 2. straighten ·vt to make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. …
Webster English vocab
STRAIGHTEN — straighten BrE AmE ˈstreɪt ə n ▷ straighten|ed d ▷ straighten|er/s ‿ə/z AmE \ ‿ ə r/z ▷ straighten|ing ‿ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHTEN — / ˈstreɪtn; NAmE / verb 1. straighten (sth) (out) to become straight; to make sth straight : [ vn ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIGHTEN — straight ‧ en /ˈstreɪtn/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ straighten ; noun : ↑ straight ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHTEN — ( straightens, straightening, straightened) 1. If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHTEN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you ~ something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. She …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIGHTEN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES straighten/square your shoulders (= stand with your shoulders straight, in a determined way ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIGHTEN — [verb] [T]I think I'll ask my hairdresser to straighten (up) the ends of my hair. [T or M]
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHTEN — Synonyms and related words : adjust, arrange, clean up, clear up, correct, disentangle, neaten, organize, put in order, rearrange, rectify, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHTEN — verb Straighten is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ back Straighten is used with these nouns as the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHTEN — v. 25B6; verb Rory straightened his tie : MAKE STRAIGHT, adjust, arrange, rearrange, (make) tidy, spruce up. we must straighten …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHTEN — v. 1 Often, straighten out. uncurl, untangle, disentangle, unsnarl, unravel, unkink; clear (up), settle, resolve, sort out, set or put …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN — гл. 1) выпрямлять(ся), разгибать(ся) (тж. straighten out) Why does she spend so much time and money trying to straighten out …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STRAIGHTEN — straighten.ogg ʹstreıtn v 1. 1> выпрямлять, расправлять ( тж. straighten out) to straighten a piece of wire - выпрямить кусок …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHTEN — v 1. 1> выпрямлять, расправлять ( тж. straighten out) to straighten a piece of wire - выпрямить кусок проволоки to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UP
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STRAIGHTEN — гл. 1) выпрямлять(ся), разгибать(ся) ( тж. straighten out ) Why does she spend so much time and money trying to …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UP
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STRAIGHTEN — гл. 1) выпрямлять(ся), разгибать(ся) (тж. straighten out) Why does she spend so much time and money trying to straighten out the waves …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STRAIGHTEN — _v. 1> выпрямлять(ся) (тж. straighten out); Why does she spend so much time and money trying to straighten out the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
UP — 1. adv. 1. указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STRAIGHTEN — v. 1. выпрямлять(ся) (тж. straighten out); Why does she spend so much time and money trying to straighten out the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STRAIGHTEN — выпрямлять; выправлять to straighten a crooked hole — выпрямлять искривлённый ствол скважины; to straighten a deviating hole — выпрямлять искривлённый ствол скважины
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу

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