Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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straighten out | No | No | Yes | No |
reform | Yes | No | Yes | No |
straighten out (noun) | reform (noun) |
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a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | |
a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | |
self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice |
straighten out (verb) | reform (verb) |
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put (things or places) in order | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices |
settle or put right | break up the molecules of |
change for the better | produce by cracking |
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | change for the better |
make straight | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one |
extricate from entanglement | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition |