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Definition of straightening a person out

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Other terms relating to 'to clean':

Definitions include: to clean.

Other terms relating to 'to fix':

Definitions include: to solve a problem in a creative, resourceful, typically "jury-rigged" fashion.
Definitions include: a mechanic, originally on motorcycles, but now any kind of repairman.
Definitions include: to get one's life in order.
Definitions include: acronym for "fixed that for you".

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Other terms relating to 'out':

Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use.
Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
Definitions include: to ask a person on a date.
Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail.
Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch".
Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.)
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury.
Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
Definitions include: to beat severely.
Definitions include: to beat severely.

Other terms relating to 'straighten':

Definitions include: to behave.

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