STRAIGHTEN UP Synonyms

• place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

• be or come into adjustment with

• align oneself with a group or a way of thinking

• bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation

• put into a proper or systematic order

• make arrangements for

• plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

• set (printed matter) into a specific format

• arrange attractively

• adapt for performance in a different way

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• correct in opinion or judgment

• socially right or correct

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• make right or correct

• make reparations or amends for

• censure severely

• adjust for

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• fall in value

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• treat a defect

• put (things or places) in order

• care for one's external appearance

• (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

• (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

• established customary state (especially of society)

• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

• a condition of regular or proper arrangement

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• a body of rules followed by an assembly

• a group of person living under a religious rule

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

• a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

• (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

• the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• make a request for something

• issue commands or orders for

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• bring order to or into

• place in a certain order

• appoint to a clerical posts

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• assign a rank or rating to

• create (as an entity)

• cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• bring order and organization to

• arrange by systematic planning and united effort

• form or join a union

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• an approximate definition or example

• a person of a particular character or nature

• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

• examine in order to test suitability

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits

• receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

• (of hair) neat and tidy

• large in amount or extent or degree

• put (things or places) in order

• form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

• straighten oneself

• cause (a vehicle) to stop

• make up plans or basic details for

• come to a halt after driving somewhere