From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget something straightget something straightspokenUNDERSTAND to understand the facts of a situation and be able to tell them correctly I wanted to get the facts straight. Let me get this straight – Tom sold the car and gave you the money? → straight
Examples from the Corpus
get something straight• One of these days I'll get this garage straight.• The reporter didn't get the details of the story straight.• I like to get the house straight while the kids are at the youth club. 