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STRAIGHTEN UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does straighten up mean? 

STRAIGHTEN UP (verb)
  The verb STRAIGHTEN UP has 1 sense:

1. straighten oneselfplay

  Familiarity information: STRAIGHTEN UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRAIGHTEN UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Straighten oneself

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw up; pull up; straighten up

Context example:

He drew himself up when he talked to his superior

Hypernyms (to "straighten up" is one way to...):

straighten (get up from a sitting or slouching position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


 Context examples 


"But you tell the manager I'm going to work and that I'll be in in a month or so and straighten up."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Maybe for ten minutes they cough, maybe for half an hour, and then they straighten up, the tears from the coughing frozen on their faces, and the words they say are, 'Come, let us go on.'

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)



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