straighten up
phrasal verbwithstraightenverbuk/ˈstreɪ.tən/us/ˈstreɪ.ən/
(POSITION)
tostandstraightafterbendingat thewaist
挺直身体，直起身Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch(something)up
- coarsen
- coarsening
- creased
- crinkle
- fold
- foldaway
- folding
- furl
- grooming
- interfold
- pucker
- rumple
- sand
- sandpaper
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- wrinkle
(BEHAVIOUR)
US
tobehavewell afterbehavingbadly:
改邪归正，改过自新You'dbetterstraightenup orelse!你最好改邪归正，否则有你好看的！
Becoming better
- alive
- bloom
- blossom
- bounce
- by/in leaps and boundsidiom
- come aliveidiom
- come along
- consolidate
- heal
- mendyourwaysidiom
- move on to bigger/better thingsidiom
- on the up (and up)idiom
- perk
- perk(someone)up
- rally
- shape up or ship out!idiom
- sharpen(something)up
- sharpen up your actidiom
- straighten
- turn around