straighten out (v.)

• accommodate
• acculturate
• adjust
• admonish
• advance
• ameliorate
• amend
• arrange
• better
• boost
• chastise
• chide
• civilize
• close
• compose
• conclude
• correct
• disentangle
• edify
• educate
• elevate
• emend
• enhance
• enlighten
• enrich
• extend
• fatten
• favor
• fix
• flatten
• forward
• foster
• improve
• lard
• lecture
• lift
• meliorate
• mend
• nurture
• objurgate
• promote
• raise
• rate
• rebuke
• rectify
• reform
• reprehend
• reprimand
• reprove
• scold
• settle
• smooth
• socialize
• spank
• straighten
• transfigure
• transform
• unbend
• uncurl
• unsnarl
• upbraid
• upgrade
• uplift