āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
straighten up
/stÉšËeÉĒtÉn ËĘp/
to straighten up
[phrase form: straighten]
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻļā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to correct one's posture or position to become more upright
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After a long day at the computer, she decided to take a break and straighten up her back.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to organize a space, making it neat and tidy
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The team collaborated to straighten up the storage room, optimizing space for easy access.
āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻšāĻ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸āĻāĻļā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻļā§āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to improve one's behavior, often by becoming more responsible or disciplined
Dialect
American
AmericanāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
If you want to get promoted, you 'll need to straighten up and show more commitment to your job.
