straighten up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de mettre quelque chose en ordre ou de corriger sa posture ou son comportement.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Tidy or organizeinformal

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

   Ranger, mettre en ordre

   • 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.

   Synonymesarrangeclean upneatenorganizespruce uptidytidy up

2. Improve behaviorinformal

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

   se ranger

   • 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.

   Synonymesimprovereformshape upstraighten out

   Antonymesmisbehave

3. Make straight or uprightinformal

   To make something straight or to stand up straight.

   Redresser

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

   Synonymesalignerectstraightenunbend

   Antonymesbendcrookcurveflexhunch

Verbe de basestraighten