straighten out

1. Settle or put right (synset 200208463)
   "we need to iron out our disagreements"
   is a type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
   same as: iron out, put right
2. Extricate from entanglement (synset 201466149)
   "Can you disentangle the cord?"
   is a type of: order - bring order to or into
   subtypes:

   • loosen, tease, tease apart - disentangle and raise the fibers of
   • ravel, ravel out, unravel - disentangle
   same as: disentangle, unsnarl
3. Change for the better (synset 200167742)
   "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
   is a type of: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate - get better
   same as: reform, see the light
   verb group: reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
4. Make straight (synset 201371262)
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • untwist - cause to become untwisted
   • unbend - free from flexure
   • extend - open or straighten out; unbend
   • channelise, channelize - cause to form a channel
   • untwine - undo what has been twined together
   • unweave - undo strands that have been woven together
   • comb - straighten with a comb
   same as: straighten
5. Make free from confusion or ambiguity;
   Make clear (synset 200622730)
   "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
   is a type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible
   same as: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out
6. Put (things or places) in order (synset 200276642)
   "Tidy up your room!"
   is a type of: order - bring order to or into
   subtypes:

   • make, make up - put in order or neaten
   • clean, clean house, houseclean - clean and tidy up the house
   same as: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, tidy, tidy up

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