HyperDic: straighten_up

English > 1 sense of the expression straighten up:
VERBmotionstraighten up, draw up, pull upstraighten oneself
English > straighten up: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
Meaningstraighten oneself.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Synonymsdraw up, pull up
Broaderstraightenget up from a sitting or slouching position
Spanishenderezarse, erguirse, estirarse, pararse

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