straighten (up)

verb

Definition of straighten (up)next
as in to tidy (up)

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  1. make up
  2. draw up
  3. lay out
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  • The Butte County Fire Safe Council — made up of three dozen foresters, former firefighters and local fire survivors — has countless stories of working with local landowners to heal forests and reduce wildfire risk.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Rebel-Quad is the second-generation product from Rebellions and is made up of four Rebel AI chips.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Definition of make up
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  • Each electric arc furnace used in steelmaking has an operating power load between 40 and 200 megawatts, and the entire US steel industry draws up to 11 gigawatts of power at peak production across all facilities.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
  • The concept as drawn up would open up traffic passage and, in fact, feed into freer movement through an area soon to open an entertainment district and revitalized riverfront trail.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
Definition of draw up
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  • Over the last year, the Labor Department has filed amicus briefs — friend-of-the-court filings that lay out legal arguments for judges — in several class-action lawsuits on the side of the defendant company.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
  • Three separate federal indictments unsealed Tuesday lay out alleged crimes across California, including kidnapping, murder and drug trafficking.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
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“Straighten (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straighten%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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