straighten

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I immediately straighten my back and let my hands fall to my lap.

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I retie the bows in my sisters’ hair and tell them to straighten their dresses.

From Literature

There were various piles around that seemed hastily straightened up.

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At the last second, the plane banked wide along the side of the mountain, showed Akira its belly, and then straightened out to go shooting along the front edge of the fire.

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Then Alice would stand up and straighten her dress and pat her hair and carry the note in both hands out in front of her as if it was news from God.

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