Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic)To start behaving properly; get one's act together.

    sich zusammenreißen

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I can't straighten my right arm.

    ruЯ не могу выпрямить правую руку. — marafon

    JimBreen · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
to start behaving properly; get one's act together:

Forms

straightens up and flies right, straightening up and flying right, straightened up and flew right, straightened up and flown right
Base formstraighten up and fly right · to straighten up and fly right
3rd person singularstraightens up and flies right
Present participlestraightening up and flying right
Past simplestraightened up and flew right
Past participlestraightened up and flown right

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystraighten up and fly right
he, she, itstraightens up and flies right

Past simpleLesson

all personsstraightened up and flew right

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave straightened up and flown right
he, she, ithas straightened up and flown right

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill straighten up and fly right

Synonyms

1 synonyms
get right

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
straightA2straightenB2straightforwardB2strainB1

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