straighten out

verb

to make or become less complicated or confused
the situation will straighten out
to reform or become reformed

Brown was always quick to straighten out an IKE in the FDNY, but he could do nothing about the IKEs in Washington.

In short, Romney needed to straighten out his financial affairs, and those around him should have told him to do it long ago.

But, now, to straighten out this coil; to shake himself finally free of Chloe, and make Daphne happy again!

A friend of Michel's undertook to straighten out his affairs, and managed to save fifteen thousand francs out of the wreck.

Quickly straighten out all the fingers, and the band will snap over the last two fingers, as shown in Fig. 4.

Idly his finger seemed to catch in a half open pamphlet, and he bent down casually to straighten out the page.

"I intended to have a talk with you and straighten out some things," he went on.

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