straighten vs take a chair

straighten

verb
  • To stand up, especially from a sitting position. 

  • To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience). 

  • To bribe or corrupt. 

  • To cause to become straight. 

  • To become straight. 

  • To put in order; to sort; to tidy up. 

take a chair

verb
  • To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair). 

How often have the words straighten and take a chair occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )