What does straighten up mean?

straighten up means "straighten oneself".

What is another word for straighten up?

Close synonyms include draw up, pull up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is straighten up a common word?

straighten up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Straighten up — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
straighten oneself
“He drew himself up when he talked to his superior”
Synonymsdraw up pull up
Broaderstraighten

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What does straighten up mean?: straighten up means "straighten oneself".
What is another word for straighten up?: Close synonyms include draw up, pull up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is straighten up a common word?

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