STRAIGHTEN (UP) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

straighten (up)

verb

Definition of straighten (up)

as in to tidy (up)

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Under Option 1, Black residents would make up 20% of the West zone's population and white residents would be 66%.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Nvidia's revenue upside, however, stands to more than make up for the memory squeeze.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of make up

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Palau’s turn as host also comes as the summit’s leaders try once more to draw up a structure governing how other countries are permitted involvement in its meetings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Drawing up a bubble screen lateral from your own 25, and the trusting that the receiver A) stays behind the line of scrimmage, and then B) gets the ball down field enough to give his guy a chance is such a ballsy play to draw up.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of draw up

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Nicholas was forced to contact members and lay out an extended plan for how the surfaces would be improved, ranging from the straightforward to the nuclear.

— Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
One of the only signs of the trial that has drawn international attention was on a set of 14 video screens that lay out all of the cases to be heard in the building each day.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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