straightens (up or out)
verb
1
as in improves
to change one's behavior or character for the better I hope that rehab will help her straighten up for good Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- improves
- cleans up one's act
- behaves
- amends
- reforms
- shapes up
- regenerates
- betters
- mends
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- regresses
- backslides
2
as in trims
to make neat a directive for everyone to straighten up their cubicle in preparation for a visit from some corporate VIPs Synonyms & Similar Words
- trims
- redds (up or out)
- organizes
- neatens
- arranges
- spruces (up)
- picks up
- tidies (up)
- draws up
- classifies
- disposes
- systematizes
- ranges
- orders
- codifies
- arrays
- marshals
- marshalls
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mixes (up)
- messes (up)
- disrupts
- disorders
- discomposes
- disorganizes
- upsets
- tousles
- disarranges
- disturbs
- tumbles
- shuffles
- muddles
- scrambles
- disarrays
- jumbles
- rumples
- dishevels
- musses