straighten out: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • To arrange, settle, or resolve problems, accounts, or affairs.

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    • We need to straighten out the budget discrepancies before the auditors arrive next week.

      We need to straighten out the budget discrepancies before the auditors arrive next week.

    • After the misunderstanding, they met to straighten out their differences and restore trust.

      After the misunderstanding, they met to straighten out their differences and restore trust.

    • The manager asked me to straighten out the client accounts that had missing invoices.

      The manager asked me to straighten out the client accounts that had missing invoices.

  • 2.

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    • To make neat or put in order; to tidy or organize physical spaces or items.

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    • Before the guests arrived, she took some time to straighten out the living room and kitchen.

      Before the guests arrived, she took some time to straighten out the living room and kitchen.

    • Can you please straighten out the papers on my desk? It's such a mess after the meeting.

      Can you please straighten out the papers on my desk? It's such a mess after the meeting.

    • He spent the afternoon straightening out his workshop, organizing tools and supplies neatly.

      He spent the afternoon straightening out his workshop, organizing tools and supplies neatly.

    • The teacher asked the students to straighten out their desks before leaving the classroom.

      The teacher asked the students to straighten out their desks before leaving the classroom.

  • 3.

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    • To correct, reform, or set right a person's behavior, attitudes, or actions.

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    • After several warnings, the school counselor helped Jake straighten out his attitude towards studying.

      Después de varias advertencias, el consejero escolar ayudó a Jake a corregir su actitud hacia el estudio.

    • If you don't straighten out your spending habits soon, you might run into serious debt.

      Si no corriges tus hábitos de gasto pronto, podrías tener una deuda seria.

    • The manager was determined to straighten out the team’s poor performance by setting clear goals.

      El gerente estaba decidido a corregir el bajo rendimiento del equipo estableciendo objetivos claros.

  • 4.

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    • To restore mental or emotional clarity; to make one's thoughts or feelings orderly and comprehensible.

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    • After a long walk in the park, I finally managed to straighten out my thoughts about the upcoming decision.

      Después de una larga caminata en el parque, finalmente logré aclarar mis pensamientos sobre la decisión próxima.

    • She needed some time alone to straighten out her feelings after the argument.

      Ella necesitaba un tiempo a solas para ordenar sus sentimientos después de la discusión.

    • Once he sat down with a cup of tea, his mind began to straighten out the confusion from the meeting.

      Una vez que se sentó con una taza de té, su mente empezó a aclarar la confusión de la reunión.

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...
  • 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: Well, I must go down and straighten out my cabin.
    ES: Debo bajar a ordenar mi camarote.
  • 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: 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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