straighten up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по приведению чего-либо в порядок или исправлению осанки или поведения.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something tidy or neat, or to correct one's posture or behavior.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Tidy or organizeinformal

   To make a place neat and orderly by putting things in their proper place.

   Привести в порядок

   • Please straighten up your room before guests arrive.
   • She straightened up the living room after the party.
   • He spent the morning straightening up his desk.

   Synonymsarrangeclean upneatenorganizespruce uptidytidy up

2. Improve behaviorinformal

   To start behaving properly or responsibly after a period of poor behavior.

   Исправиться

   • He finally decided to straighten up and get a job.
   • The teacher told the student to straighten up and pay attention.
   • After the warning, she straightened up and stopped causing trouble.

   Synonymsimprovereformshape upstraighten out

   Antonymsmisbehave

3. Make straight or uprightinformal

   To make something straight or to stand up straight.

   Выпрямить

   • He straightened up the picture frame on the wall.
   • She straightened up her back after slouching.
   • The mechanic straightened up the bent metal rod.

   Synonymsalignerectstraightenunbend

   Antonymsbendcrookcurveflexhunch

Base verbstraighten