verb
- Settle or put right.
- usage: "we need to iron out our disagreements"
- Extricate from entanglement.
- usage: "Can you disentangle the cord"
- synonyms: disentangle, unsnarl
- Change for the better.
- usage: "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
- synonyms: reform, see the light
- Make straight.
- synonyms: straighten
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
- Put (things or places) in order.
- usage: "Tidy up your room"
- synonyms: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, square away
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