straighten up

For the next half hour, he straightened up and tried to fix the television as his sons, his daughter-in-law, and a grandchild gathered outside the house.

Now, it is helping the company straighten up its balance sheet—and getting its hands on a major business in return.

There shall be no more merriment, and in the words of Nat King Cole, it is time to straighten up and fly right.

She straightens up with her book and heads off down the sidewalk.

Before she could straighten up completely, Jack yanked her out of the path of a block of snow, which crashed down right where she’d been standing.