get straight
Clear up confusion
Get straight means to clarify or establish correct understanding: Let me get this straight—you want me to work weekends for no extra pay?
The phrase often precedes a restatement of facts, signaling the speaker wants to confirm they haven't misunderstood.
To get straight with someone is to resolve confusion or settle accounts between you.
- clear upResolve or brighten
- clarifyMake something understandable
- correctFree from error
- settleReach final terms
- come cleanAdmit the full truth
lay it on the line · clear the air · resolve · reconcile · rectification · get right · understand · honesty · integrity · truth · untangle · resolution · amends · face the music · adjustment · alignment · focus · realization
get straightmess up
Do badly, err
disorganize · disorder · scramble · tangle · make a mess of
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