Usually means: Make orderly, resolve issues, clarify.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word straighten out:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. straighten out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. straighten out: Merriam-Webster
  3. straighten out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. straighten out: Vocabulary.com
  5. straighten out: Wiktionary
  6. straighten out: Dictionary.com
  7. straighten out: Rhymezone
  8. straighten out: FreeDictionary.org
  9. straighten out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. straighten out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straighten out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straighten out: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straighten out: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. straighten out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. straighten out: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Straighten Out: Gambling Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (straighten out)

verb:  (transitive) To make straight.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
verb:  (transitive) To tidy, neaten, or organize.
verb:  (transitive, Mafia slang) To be made a made man in a Mafia organization.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To (supposedly) make (a gay person) heterosexual.

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