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Definition of Straighten

Straighten

  1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
  2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
  3. A variant of Straiten.

Straighten Quotations

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

When a person has a gun, sometimes their mind clicks that this thing will win arguments and straighten people out.
Bill Cosby

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.
Billy Graham

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
Ross Perot

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
Langston Hughes
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Straighten Translations

straighten in German is gerade machen, gerade werden

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