straighten sth up
— phrasal verb with straighten /ˈstreɪ.tən/
/-ən/ verb Definition
› to make a place tidy: Mark and I managed to straighten up the house before our parents got home.Cleaning and tidying places and things
(Definition of straighten sth up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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